Iraq leaders pull back from US surge
SEVERAL Iraqi leaders say they have lost faith in the US military strategy that has sought to reduce violence so politicians could realise national reconciliation.
Iraqi leaders believe sectarian animosity is entrenched in the structure of their Government, and instead of reconciliation, they now stress alternative goals: streamlining bureaucracy, putting seasoned technocrats in positions of authority and improving the dismal record of providing basic services.
"I don't think there is something called reconciliation, and there will be no reconciliation as such," said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, a Kurd. "To me, it is a very inaccurate term. This is a struggle about power."
Link: The Age: Iraq leaders pull back from US surge
Now, if any one out there believed at all that a war in Iraq would lead to a newly formed democratic nation, you are both blind and stupid.
In an area ravaged by wars and hatred, you simply cannot bring people together. The on going struggle to bring peace between Israel and Palestine should serve as a good example of this.
This war was simply to secure oil, nothing more, nothing less. Bush* and his band of cronies new all along that they would never be able to bring peace to this region, let alone reconciliation between the different factions that live there. All they have managed to create is another Vietnam.
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