Fighting for an Iraq that does not Exist!!!

Iraq is a plague that won’t go away! We are damned to the plight of Sisyphus!

As Harold Myerson writes, we are in a situation where we are “fighting for a national government that is not national but sectarian”, “for a nonsectarian, pluralistic Iraq, though whatever nonsectarian and pluralistic institutions existed before our invasion have long since been blasted out of existence”.

President Bush continues to send our young men and women to die to help an Iraq that does not exist in reality. All that is present is the sectarian, tribal divisions that were controlled by a dictator. As we train the military, we find out that many of them are using their new found skills to kill their sectarian enemies. They are not consolidating their efforts to secure a safe nation.

Mr. Bush was informed by the Intelligence Community what would happen if an invasion occurred. He seemed to think that he knew better. Cleary, he didn’t.

While it may be true that Sadam’s natural death would have brought on the civil war that does festers through Iraq, the situation would then be addressed by many nations (most likely including ourselves). But, we would not have become the enemy!!!