Iraq has to be a hell on earth

"We continue to clean the streets by ourselves with or without a government; the electricity is still off with or without a government; water is still down with or without a government and, finally, security is bad with or without a government," Hatif, a fisherman in Baghdad, said. "So why should the people care about a government?"

It's been almost three months since the election but Iraq has yet to form a new government and I guess the old government has stopped governing - at least as far as the average Iraqi is concerned. It appears just about impossible to get government documents such as licenses or to register for pensions.

Part of the problem is due to the fact that there are 100,000 government jobs that are not yet filled because filling them requires the okay of the new government.

A church leader who has tried to get his church licensed says, "They didn't come to serve the citizens, to save us. We defied everything, even terrorism, to go and vote for these people, and I've come to believe my vote was worthless."

And still the violence, the deaths, the terror continues.

It would be hard to describe a worse place to be than Iraq.