I submit the citizens of Iraq deal with 'constant' traumatic stress disorder, and that we, safely at home, fail to recognize what we've done to the country beyond the destruction of their gov't, their infrastructure, their homes and any semblance of community the diverse citizenship once accepted & nutured. We have destroyed any peace of mind & trust of almost any other human in their midst.
Lest we forget, Iraq was no Garden of Eden prior to the invasion. Although it was a lot better off, on the whole, than it is now, let's bear in mind that Iraq has been at war now for an entire generation. Half of Iraq's population never lived in peacetime.
Our invasion and occupation of Iraq has prolonged and exacerbated a misery that already existed, due to the sanctions, and the bombings, and the insurrection of 1992-3, and before that Operation Desert Storm, and before that the Iran-Iraq War. We have spent a huge amount of money, effort, and lives to accomplish this. Is it any wonder we have so little left over to actually mitigate suffering?
