I thought Iraq WAS a police state, before it became an anarchy. Only the table has turned. Was it worth to try and change Iraq?

Read more: US-based Human Rights Group Says Iraq Is Becoming A 'police State' | Fox News

BAGHDAD – Iraq's Shiite-led government cracked down harshly on dissent during the past year of Arab Spring uprisings, turning the country into a "budding police state" as autocratic regimes crumbled elsewhere in the region, an international rights groups said Sunday.