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Another civil war, the probably most accurate generalization we can make about what the effect on iraq has been of this war is that we turned it from a sunni dictatorship into the world's only shiite/arab state. >> shiite failed sectarian corrupt oil patron age state. it has been -- it is a basket case in the middle east that is now being influenced by turkey, by kurdish nationalists, by iranian religious parties, by leb these religious parties. 7it's a place where you can make a lot of money if you're an iranian contractor, if you're an american contractor. it has not been a stable state that...

Strengthened? they're the big winner from the iraq war? >> of course they are. if you ask iraqis what they're most afraid of, they're afraid of americans leaving because they're afraid iran will be the biggest player. for people who fought against the united states, people who were with the resistance, and are now saying, maybe it's not a good idea for americans to leave, because we don't want iran to come in and take over. >> it is amazing to think, that even without a new government being formed, even without us not knowing exactly where things are going, even, as you're describing, the pros...