Custer Battles in Iraq: is the last stand nigh?

See this from the current London Review of Books. Decide for yourself what is hearsay and what is heresy.

One of the US firms mentioned in the article is Custer Battles whose website describes Iraq as "a nation and marketplace wrought with challenges, obstacles, and malevolent actors. " Don't despair, because CB assures us " Iraq offers contractors, traders, entrepreneurs as well as multi-national enterprises an unprecedented market opportunity. The ability to identify, quantify, and mitigate this myriad of risks allows successful organizations to transform risk into opportunity. " Read on for more in this vein.