branch of the group operates across the border in syria providing a steady flow of reinforcements peter van buren who served with the u.s. foreign service for more than two decades thinks the world is beginning to feel the consequences of the war in iraq. when you deliver weapons to the battlefield you really have no control over what happens to them the united states has made a number of terrible mistakes in iraq and supplying all these weapons including air to ground missiles and things that could easily leak out of iraq and threaten us elsewhere everything that we're seeing today is made inevitable by the two thousand and three invasion the united states never understood that iraq was three separate states that the sunni the shia and the kurds state held together by a strong man saddam and a very powerful security apparatus when all of that was done away with it was inevitable that some kind of settling was going to be necessary for these three groups to live you're seeing right now is the inevitable settling of the mess the united states kicked over still to come scotland's independence been

over the border but provided a steady flow of reinforcements back into iraq let's get more from peter van buren he served with the u.s. foreign service for over twenty three years he joins us live on the line now hi peter nice to see you tonight i mean militants have taken over two major provinces and they took it over very quickly what does it say about the general state of security in iraq. it says that the inevitable that the united states of the conflicts between those we paid. control. of iraq where. it's something that can realistically take. i don't think so. area and the shia militias are going to protect their own homes i think there may be a very difficult situation house to house fighting in some places perhaps but at the end of the day i think the shia militias are still far too strong in baghdad to be overtaken in the traditional sense. they gather by a strong man. and a powerful security apparatus and all the necessary for at least fantasized about all these years or as many separate areas the only thing left iraq for some of the shia are right now coming. to be free is indeed tha

border in syria that's providing a steady flow of reinforcements into iraq in the week i spoke to peter van buren he served with the u.s. foreign service for more than twenty years he told me thinks the world is just beginning to feel the consequences of the u.s. led war in iraq. when you deliver weapons to the battlefield you really have no control over what happens to them the united states has made a number of terrible mistakes in iraq and supplying all these weapons including air to ground missiles and things that could easily leak out of iraq and threaten us elsewhere everything that we're seeing today is made inevitable by the two thousand and three invasion the united states never understood that iraq was three separate states the sunni the shia and the purged state held together by a strong man saddam and a very powerful security apparatus when all of that was done away with it was inevitable that some kind of settling was going to be necessary for these three groups to live what you're seeing right now is the inevitable settling of the mess the united states kicked over. heading into a v