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 - New York Times -
@tarangoNYT,
Mowaffak al-Rubaie - Iraqi statesman,
Derek Harvey - US Army (retired),
Peter Galbraith - gubernatorial candidate and former diplomat -
@GalbraithforVT
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Paul von Zielbauer,
Katie Cooper,
Jenny Hamel
