How is the current situation in Iraq being reported in the Arab media?
The Arab media reports almost daily on the situation in Iraq and it’s not a pretty picture. I feel that Iraq has disappeared off the American media map. We hardly talk about Iraq unless you have a major attack there. They have an election that was postponed. There is now a debate going on. It’s going to happen. No one is talking about the death toll on the Americans and the Iraqis. We know that Obama has plans to withdraw from Iraq, but nobody is talking about what is going to happen in Iraq. If we are still with the coalition, we still have more than 150,000 troops in the country. Yet, there is no security whatsoever. We are seeing attacks inside and outside the Green Zone. We are seeing attacks against ministers and the police. Some reports suggest an inside job within Iraqi security forces, who are turning their guns against their bosses. So now when we talk about withdrawal in another 12 or 18 months, it’s not feasible. How is President Obama going to answer that when he takes and
