In a guest post on Juan Cole’s blog, Informed Comment, Jerry Eagan has an insightful analysis of our current options in Iraq. In particular, he draws attention to some disturbing trends. Has the Bush Administration made a strategic choice to align itself with the Sunnis in the sectarian conflict in Iraq? And given that the Shiite-Kurdish leadership was democratically elected, is the U.S. attempting to subvert the new Iraqi democracy? And if we are creating Sunni militias, what does that mean for Iran? Will al-Maliki ask for Iranian help in stabilizing the Basra region after the British withdrawal? Have we in fact scripted a confrontation with Iran at the expense of Iraq’s stability?
{ 2007 08 20 }
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