This week's brief takeover of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone may have been political theater, but it was part of a real-life drama that's deadly serious and may or may not have a happy ending for Sunnis, Shia, Kurds — or the United States. American casualties will likely rise in the fight against ISIS -- and in support of a government too weak to hold the country together. We look at the struggle to prevent a bad situation from growing worse.
Is Iraq the Next "Failed State" in the Middle East?
Credits
Guests:
- Tim Arango - Los Angeles correspondent for the New York Times - @tarangoNYT
- Mowaffak al-Rubaie - Iraqi statesman
- Derek Harvey - US Army (retired)
- Peter Galbraith - gubernatorial candidate and former diplomat - @GalbraithforVT