abstract:p=Shǔ}}) was an ancient state in what is now Sichuan, China. Shu was based on the Chengdu Plain, in the western Sichuan basin with some extension northeast to the upper Han River valley.
"The president has offered no evidence that more U.S. troops will be able to pressure Sh'ia, Sunni and Kurds toward the necessary political settlement, " Obama said.