I posted this earlier on the increase in hate crimes in LA largely committed by gangs and how the federal government is going to try and help state and local government deal with it.

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=52195

Then the comparison hit me to Baghdad. The same ethnic cleansing issues the same desperate attempt to control it by the US government both of which are likely to fail.

Also came across another link on the subject posted by UB.

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=52174