With this with­drawal, the Amer­i­cans are leav­ing behind a destroyed country. The Amer­i­cans did not leave modern schools or big factories behind them. Instead, they left thou­sands of widows and orphans. The Amer­i­cans did not leave a free people and country behind them, in fact they left a ruined country and a divided nation.
—

Mariam Khazim, a Shi­ite whose father was killed when a mor­tar shell struck his home in Sadr City.

US formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare

(via laliberty)

  1. inourbloodinoursouls reblogged this from cactustreemotel
  2. kbutno reblogged this from solitaryforager
  3. theacidchrist reblogged this from bankston
  4. occupy4all reblogged this from solitaryforager
  5. holding-faith reblogged this from mendmyheart
  6. sparrow-medicine reblogged this from mutualaddiction
  7. observedintoexistence reblogged this from prometheanreach
  8. prometheanreach reblogged this from solitaryforager
  9. intosomethingbeautiful reblogged this from booklover
  10. dreamsofwonderland reblogged this from booklover
  11. godmovingoverthefaceofthewaters reblogged this from arabstateofmind
  12. therussianfederation reblogged this from laliberty
  13. sugaryballs reblogged this from jjarichardson
  14. everythingourparentssaid reblogged this from anextraordinarymachine
  15. djalykhan reblogged this from anarchyagogo
  16. politicalarchive reblogged this from desliz
  17. wingedwords89 reblogged this from anextraordinarymachine
  18. anextraordinarymachine reblogged this from booklover
  19. skylarjones reblogged this from homofuck
  20. bolsania reblogged this from homofuck
  21. sugar-cane reblogged this from rememo
  22. theresonlythisforgetregret reblogged this from nowherezone11
  23. nowherezone11 reblogged this from hamburgerjack
  24. hamburgerjack reblogged this from popculturetart
  25. popculturetart reblogged this from hamburgerjack
  26. runrunforyourlife reblogged this from laliberty
  27. roseann reblogged this from zurik
  28. rememo reblogged this from jamaiscontente
  29. bromancy reblogged this from laliberty
  30. sara-laughs reblogged this from hamburgerjack