With an average of 50 deaths a day, this is one of the the worst "civil wars" I've seen in last 20 years.

Praise the Iraqi freedoms! Thank God the U.S. liberated them from the evil Saddam!!!

yes.. that's sarcasm...

I'll ahve you know, that up until the Iraqi war, moste Iraqi's enjoyed free education, healthcare, well paying jobs (for the region), and lived in relitive peace, there was very little to know sectartian violence.

Now look.... good job.

Is that you or your cat speaking, catwhisperer?

They found mass graves with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people in them. People were thrown LIVE into tree shredders! Where do you come up with this stuff? Perhaps you're referring to ba'athists... in which case you're probably semi-right, but boy, talk about head in the sand.

David Corn said it best:

As we all are aware, pre-invasion Iraq was a nasty place in terms of human rights and political freedoms. But in the years prior to the invasion, there was not this level of slaughter. Amnesty International's 2002 report notes that "scores of people, including possible prisoners of conscience and armed forces officers suspected of planning to overthrow the government, were executed." ...

Scores of people killed--that's what now happens on a daily, rather than annual, basis.

--Better Saddam Than Dead?