"... The "Surge" + the "rent an Iraqi sheikh" program + an acceptance of the intra-shia struggle for political power, these were the ingredients in reducing the level of violence in Iraq. None of that soved the essential political problem in the country.
That situation could have continued indefinitely but American naivete and belief in the nonsense of nation-state building have led us to walk away from our Sunni clients and now they are angry at what they see as betrayal. Are the abna al-'iraq (Sons of Iraq) directly involved or are they just sitting on their hands? Does it matter? pl"
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Failure of the "Surge" + the "rent-a-sheikh" program + an acceptance of the intra-shia struggle for political power,...
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