Is this a bad thing?

[kay1864]

I'm pretty up on things political, but I'm not as savvy about foreign affairs as I perhaps should be.

Sunni Arab bloc quits Iraqi government
BAGHDAD - Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced its withdrawal from the government Wednesday, undermining efforts to seek reconciliation among the country's rival factions

This is Real Bad, right?

(note that I'm posting this in the Lounge on purpose to (a) get the regular Joe/Jane perspective (b) get shorter answers than I'd get in GD and (c) I need to know how this will impact Olive Garden.)

[MrCoffee]

1. well, if you ever had any faith at all in the Iraqi "government", then yeah, it's bad

if you're a cynical jerk like me, then it's a non-starter.

[kay1864]

2. I guess by "bad" I meant

"imminent collapse of said pseudo-government"

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Maybe not so much "collapse" as...

..."consolidation with Iran to make a regional superpower which holds equal animosity toward Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United States, and Europe; making life very uncomfortable for us all for at least a generation."


Thanks, George.