Iraqi Elections, December 15th

So the Iraqi went to vote on December 15th and the Shiites got the majority of the available seats in the new parliament.
So what are the implications?
Well, to name a few:

• Iraq now has a political landscape very close to Iran. Which is kind of a problem for the US since this is the exact reason why they supported Saddam in the 80s.
• This new parliament will probably be less keen on cooperating with the USA and ask the troops to be remove faster than planned
• The country might end up in a civil war since the Sunnis are not so pleased with the results

So now I am asking the following: did W. and his neocon friends were so blind that they didn't see this one coming (did they even see it as a possible outcome at all?)? Because this is certainly not what they went to Iraq for! Or were they simply too confident, feeling unbeatable?


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