Iraq on the brink

Al-Ahram Weekly
The US seems unable to handpick an Iraqi government capable of implementing its core strategic plans for Iraq, including the privatisation of Iraqi oil. Ever more, the national unity of Iraqis exposes as propaganda the twin discourses of sectarian strife and approaching civil war. The key target audience has left the theatre, but the actors still perform. How long can President George Bush ignore the reality that he faces the resistance of an entire nation? The neo-cons in Washington appear to have set their hopes on handing the Iraq disaster to the Democrats. But a week is a long time in politics, and a year and half is an eternity...
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