Iraq’s Medical System On Brink of Collapse

If this happened here then it would have been described as “nonexistent” and/or “post-apocalyptic” long ago, not “on the brink” of collapsing. Meanwhile, remember the vaunted oil law, whose passage was the entire purpose of the “surge” that has killed thousands? That process is totally stalled.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A law that could shape Iraq’s future by clearing the way for investment in its oil fields is deadlocked by a battle for control of the reserves and no end to the impasse is in sight, lawmakers and officials say.