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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Indeed, Iraqis are threatened again by civil war over charges of treason and resistance to an authoritarian government?
Does "Indeed, Iraqis are threatened again by civil war over charges of treason and resistance to an authoritarian government" mean "Indeed, Iraqis are threatened again by civil war overloads of treason and resistance to the current authoritarian government"?
The problem for understanding is that could the US-helped-to-establish government be an authoritarian government (rather than a democratic one)?
Context:
Two years later, al-Qaeda has seized major cities where hundreds of U.S. troops died while fighting alongside their Iraqi brethren. The population once freed by the U.S.-Iraqi alliance has now watched those same jihadist insurgents return to command the streets and impose their will.
Indeed, Iraqis are threatened again by civil war over charges of treason and resistance to an authoritarian government. Many significant gains of the 8-year-long Iraq war in which more than 4,400 Americans died have been lost or are now threatened unless swift actions evict the insurgents.
"I fear it's only the beginning and much worse will evolve," says Fred Kagan, a military historian and former adviser to President George W. Bush and U.S. military commander David Petraeus. "And I believe it was avoidable."
VIOLENCE: Car bombings kill 13 in Baghdad
More:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/12/many-iraq-war-gains-now-lost-or-threatened/4393439/
The problem for understanding is that could the US-helped-to-establish government be an authoritarian government (rather than a democratic one)?
Context:
Two years later, al-Qaeda has seized major cities where hundreds of U.S. troops died while fighting alongside their Iraqi brethren. The population once freed by the U.S.-Iraqi alliance has now watched those same jihadist insurgents return to command the streets and impose their will.
Indeed, Iraqis are threatened again by civil war over charges of treason and resistance to an authoritarian government. Many significant gains of the 8-year-long Iraq war in which more than 4,400 Americans died have been lost or are now threatened unless swift actions evict the insurgents.
"I fear it's only the beginning and much worse will evolve," says Fred Kagan, a military historian and former adviser to President George W. Bush and U.S. military commander David Petraeus. "And I believe it was avoidable."
VIOLENCE: Car bombings kill 13 in Baghdad
More:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/12/many-iraq-war-gains-now-lost-or-threatened/4393439/
Top answer
Charges would mean accusations , and the authoritarian government here would refer to the current government. It appears that there is at present a coalition government comprised of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, who traditionally don't get along well. The (Shiite) Prime Minister has been bullying the Sunnis, accusing them of supporting terrorists who are trying to undermine the government, as well as other accusations.
- Charges would mean accusations , and the authoritarian government here would refer to the current government.
- It appears that there is at present a coalition government comprised of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, who traditionally don't get along well.
- The (Shiite) Prime Minister has been bullying the Sunnis, accusing them of supporting terrorists who are trying to undermine the government, as well as other accusations.
- The Sunnis are unhappy, and increasingly view the government as being opposed to them and their interests.
- The charges of treason presumably come from the alleged support of terrorists, while the authoritarian government would be a reference to Mr.
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Charges would mean accusations, and the authoritarian government here would refer to the current government.
It appears that there is at present a coalition government comprised of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, who traditionally don't get along well. The (Shiite) Prime Minister has been bullying the Sunnis, accusing them of supporting terrorists who are trying to undermine th
It appears that there is at present a coalition government comprised of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, who traditionally don't get along well. The (Shiite) Prime Minister has been bullying the Sunnis, accusing them of supporting terrorists who are trying to undermine th
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