A major crackdown from the Iraqi government cannot come soon enough, as the government there announced 1,000 people died in the last week alone.
That's WITH Iraqi and U.S. military forces in action, with an operational Iraqi government and a supportive U.S. government pushing for the Iraqis to do more to stabilize their country.
It's hard to imagine how bad things would get if U.S. and coalition troops pulled out immediately as some are suggesting.
It might make the slaughter in Rwanda and Darfur look tame by comparison.
"Peace at any cost" is a popular mantra of the anti-war movement, but the cost could be much worse than anyone thinks.
Sunni governments would begin mass shipments of weapons to the Sunni side to help them (as Saudi Arabia has already promised to do if the U.S. leaves too early) kill the Shiites, who vastly outnumber the Sunnis. Iran would support the other side. Both sides would be much more heavily armed than they are now, and more than one nation would send troops in to support their side.
There would be no peace at too high a price if things aren't carefully thought out. But one thing is absolutely certain:
The Iraqi government needs to get in gear and MOVE IT.
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