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Iraq’s Graphic Future

A new graphic novel imagines what America's war on terror could look like in 2011.

By Matthew Philips | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 20, 2007 | Updated: 4:35  p.m. ET Nov 20, 2007

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  • Posted By: byrdlegs @ 11/24/2007 8:18:21 PM

    The admisistration is quick to jump to conclusions that the Surge is working. SADR has signed a truce and is basically on vacation. Ethnic cleansing has ocurred for the most part and millions have fled the country and living elsewhere. The purpose of the Surge was to bring some sense to the Iraqi government. Now that the violence is down for the time being, lets see this non-existent Government get its act together, Dont hold your breath!

  • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/21/2007 1:48:34 PM

    Doesn't seem like this bleek future will happen now. But it does look like Mccain has a shot at presidency since he was right about the surge.

    • Posted By: 2cents @ 11/21/2007 3:28:05 PM

      The Sunnis of Anbar are turning on Al Qaeda because they are killing civilians from their tribes, not because there are more "boots on the ground." The ethnic violence in Baghdad is down because it has run its course - Shia and Sunni have finished ethnically cleansing each other from their neighborhoods and there's no one left to kill. The political situation is still unreconciled and bleak. There will be further bloodshed for control of the government, I would count on it. This thing is far from over.

      • Posted By: ALappe @ 11/22/2007 4:32:41 PM

        Thanks for your comment USARMY2003. I'm the author of the book. I was in Iraq producing a documentary called BattleGround (available via Netflix, Blockbuster and Showtime). So to answer your question: I do have some experience covering the war. All I can say is, read the book and then comment.

  • Posted By: USARMY2003 @ 11/22/2007 7:15:23 AM

    Are any of the three of you personally involved in the War at all? I would guess that you are not due to your ideas which are really just ideas you heard from somewhere. How do you think these "enemies" were able to reconcile, it was due to the boots on the ground. As a soldier deployed in a very dangerous part of Baghdad, I can tell you that things are getting better because the Iraqi Citizens have begun to respect us and realize that they can trust us. It still amazes me that people with no first-hand knowledge of the War on Terror are always the first ones against it.

  • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 11/21/2007 4:11:06 AM

    It is rather pessimistic and eerie. But anything can happen, who knows? But if this really happens then I would put all the blame on the Bush administration.

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