Bloodsoaked Gridlock of Militia Rule

Friends,
Our British friends look at Bush's war. They are not impressed.
Rev O

"The claims made by President George W. Bush and an increasingly reedy chorus of neo-conservative boosters for the “surge” of US troops in Iraq have long been ludicrous. The multi-sided ethno-sectarian conflict fuelled by the occupation has not been “turned around” and strategic success – whatever that now means – is nowhere in prospect."

"But there are no signs the surge can deliver enduring gains. It is not even clear how much longer it can keep Iraq in its present holding pattern, a bloodsoaked gridlock of militia rule fragmenting the country."

Adrift in Baghdad Financial Times of London
A surge of realism about Iraq is long overdue. Sudden US withdrawal is not the answer, but nor is a policy that, willy-nilly, empowers more and more warlords to pull the country to bits
- Apr 9 2008