NiftyNiblick
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For many Iraqis, it is hard to appreciate the positive developments when unemployment is rampant, with more than one in three young people jobless, according to the World Bank and the International Labor Organization. There are few private-sector jobs, which means that most people seek government positions. But there are not enough of those to go around for Iraq’s fast-growing population.
About a quarter of Iraqis live at or below the poverty line, according to Iraq’s Planning Ministry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/world/middleeast/iraq-war-20th-anniversary.html
Dubya fucked up really, really badly.
We knew it then, and we still know it now.
What the fuck can we do about it now, though?