I'm sure their people are "ENJOYING" the ride as you say hillbilly...hardly any electricity....no jobs to speak of....no air conditioning....long gas lines waiting sometimes for days to get some.....while the Iraqi Parliament stuffs their pockets daily with all kinds of money coming in from U.S. and other countries....most of Iraq's parliaments are absent when they should be there to vote on critical laws they need passed.....with all the oil and gas they have underneath their ground you would think they would be in a hurry to get the money rolling in.....I know their people are passed ready...but when you have a corrupt government as they do,their is no need to hurry because as i said their pockets[the Iraqi Goverment]are full.....so I guess thats why their people are staying on the porch..because they sure can't run with the big dogs as you say...Pat