Column: Maliki’s Last Chance to Save Iraq

Saddam Hussein must be laughing in his grave.   President George W. Bush celebrated Saddam’s overthrow in 2003 as the liberation of Iraqis from decades of dictatorial rule and costly warfare against Iraq’s neighbors. But the democratically elected government that followed has failed to stabilize the country and opened the door to the expansion of a safe haven for Islamist militants so extreme that even al-Qaeda has rejected them. This week, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

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