While Americans debate continuing the "surge" vs. withdrawal, all the Iraqis who can do so are withdrawing from Iraq. Kind of ironic, isn't it?
Sadly, the Iraqis who leave tend to be the best and brightest -- the very ones Iraq needs to build a functioning government, start businesses, and maintain universities, hospitals, and vital infrastructure. I don't blame them for leaving and neither should you -- not unless you and your family have lived in their shoes.
It's just another depressing example of how the deck is stacked against "victory" in Iraq.
Iraq's Elite Fleeing in Droves
By Amira El Ahl, Volkhard Windfuhr and Bernhard Zand
Der Spiegel | August 20, 2007
One in ten Iraqis has left the country. Baghdad's elite are trying to make ends meet in neighboring Jordan and Syria. Washington wants the United Nations to address the refugee crisis. In the meantime, the country is losing its best minds -- the very people needed to rebuild Iraq.
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