Iraqi Government In Deepest Crisis
US and Iraqi officials are trying to prevent complete disintegration
By Sam Dagher, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
from the July 27, 2007 edition
Baghdad - Iraq is in the throes of its worst political crisis since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the new democratic system, based on national consensus among its ethnic and sectarian groups, appearing dangerously close to collapsing, say several politicians and analysts.
This has brought paralysis to governmental institutions and has left parliament unable to make headway on 18 benchmarks Washington is using to measure progress in Iraq, including legislation on oil revenue sharing and reforming security forces.
And the disconnect between Baghdad and Washington over the urgency for solutions is growing. The Iraqi parliament is set for an August vacation as the Bush administration faces pressure to show progress in time for a September report to Congress.
... read the entire 3 pages; CSM did a very thorough job!
2 comments:
The Iraqi government never succeeded in filling any goal that would qualify it to be a legitimate goal. If it has, I must have missed it.
I read your comment about Bremmer on EB, Deuce, and I couldn't agree more. J. Paul Bremmer was a seminal mistake for Bush to make. I said so at that time.
However, some sort of organizational success MUST happen in Iraq. If it doesn't it's all over. So far, the only working organizations are aQ, Tribal Leaders, and the U.S. Military.
We need to invoke the Draft, grow the military to at least a million man Army (two would be nice) and do it ourselves. Anyone here at home complaining about it should be arrested. If we don't take this sort of action (an action I recommended shortly after 9-11) then bring the troops home and "use" them in Washington, because our leaders need replacing.
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