It's a terrible situation. The insurgents cannot win the war militarily as long as the U.S. stays there in force. And we can't win the war ... without there being a real political deal ... and that is getting unlikely. |
It's not an Iraqi army. |
Some might even say that the attacks on the terrorist facilities should scare Saddam, should show him what's in the offing for him if he persists in his role. |
The first is to establish three large autonomous regions with a viable central government in Baghdad. The Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite regions would each be responsible for their own domestic laws, administration and internal security. |
There is a clash, and there will be a growing one, between what Americans want of their president and want of their country in the world ... and what foreign leaders want of us. |