Friends,
London sums up the mess and the lies.
Rev O
"Five years after it was invaded, Iraq has been broken as a country. Already traumatised by tyranny and war, it has now been torn asunder by an occupation that was certain to ignite violent insurgency, and by a savage sectarian struggle for supremacy. Triumphalist claims by President George W. Bush that the year-long US troops “surge” has turned Iraq around merely add another sorry chapter to this saga of serial delusion and epic bungling."
"The country has unravelled into a terrifying patchwork under the control of competing militias in a multi-sided civil war. "
Today’s task is to mend broken Iraq Financial Times of London
The US must stay long enough to avert a bloodbath but leave soon enough to make faction leaders – their safety net removed – reach a modus vivendi
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