The War in Iraq? Never heard of it.

Whatever happened to the War in Iraq? Although it was an extremely important and often talked about issue early on in the election, it seems to be a taboo topic anymore. And this doesn’t just include the political candidates but in the media as well. It seems to be almost possible to forget that we are even in a war that has dragged on for around 7 years.

What news you can find reporting on the subject says that there is less violence, especially in Baghdad where there are an increased number of troops actively securing the city. But others claim that the lower occurrences of violence are superficial. Since the basic root of the violence is conflict between the Sunni and the Shiites and corruption in general, are we really solving these problems? Of course the lower violence is good news but one has to wonder why the violence is decreasing. Is it simply because we have upped the security in this major city and mainly separtated the groups? And if that is true, then what happens when we leave? And even if this war does turn out alright, does this mean that we should just forget about the lack of morality surrounding its beginning?