All for Naught
Anthony Cordesman is a former intelligence analyst with the State and Defense Department, who specialized in Middle East issues. Several years ago, he predicted that Bush will refuse to give up on his effort to turn Iraq into a docile client state. Cordesman's "Inexcusable Failure" cautioned: “all the training in the world will be for naught, if the Iraqi National Guard and Police are corrupt, or view their government as a puppet regime of American imperialist.”
Senator Biden’s plan for dealing with violence in Iraq is to split the country into the three autonomous regions. Iraq would still have a national army, but would split up the oil revenues so that each of the sectarian groups would be satisfied with what they’ve got. Presumably, this type of political solution would be a way to end the sectarian bloodshed. Since, the Sunni section of the country doesn’t have any oil, and the plan requires that the Kurds and Shiites be willing to share their oil revenues. This isn’t going to happen. The Shiites and Sunnis are locked in a self sustaining cycle of death and revenge.
The plan for withdrawing our troops might have been effective, before the sectarian killing got out of control. Biden’s plan sounded reasonable a year ago, but it’s too late for a political solution and we are going to see many more years of bloodshed.
Recently, Brig General Custer said that Iraq has become a revenge society. The killing in Iraq has its own dynamic, and our military, Iran and Syria are marginal players at best. The Baker and Hamilton study group can make their recommends and the new Democratic-controlled Congress can hold hearings and provide rigid oversight, but our military will not be out of Iraq until this Commander-in-Chief is out of office.
Bush has said: “God told me to strike al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike Saddam...” It doesn’t matter to Bush that his mismanagement of the war has cost the Republican party control of Congress. He and his righteous followers are on a mission from God.
Senator Biden’s plan for dealing with violence in Iraq is to split the country into the three autonomous regions. Iraq would still have a national army, but would split up the oil revenues so that each of the sectarian groups would be satisfied with what they’ve got. Presumably, this type of political solution would be a way to end the sectarian bloodshed. Since, the Sunni section of the country doesn’t have any oil, and the plan requires that the Kurds and Shiites be willing to share their oil revenues. This isn’t going to happen. The Shiites and Sunnis are locked in a self sustaining cycle of death and revenge.
The plan for withdrawing our troops might have been effective, before the sectarian killing got out of control. Biden’s plan sounded reasonable a year ago, but it’s too late for a political solution and we are going to see many more years of bloodshed.
Recently, Brig General Custer said that Iraq has become a revenge society. The killing in Iraq has its own dynamic, and our military, Iran and Syria are marginal players at best. The Baker and Hamilton study group can make their recommends and the new Democratic-controlled Congress can hold hearings and provide rigid oversight, but our military will not be out of Iraq until this Commander-in-Chief is out of office.
Bush has said: “God told me to strike al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike Saddam...” It doesn’t matter to Bush that his mismanagement of the war has cost the Republican party control of Congress. He and his righteous followers are on a mission from God.
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