"The transfer of sovereignty to the new Iraqi government of Iyad
Allawi is a charade that will play itself out over the next weeks and
months, with tragic consequences. Allawi's government, hand-picked by
the United States from the ranks of anti-Saddam expatriates, lacks not
only a constituency inside Iraq, but also legitimacy in the eyes of
many ordinary Iraqi citizens.
"The truth is that there never was a significant people-based
opposition movement inside Iraq for the Bush Administration to call on
to form a government to replace Saddam. It is why the United States
has instead been forced to rely on the services of individuals tainted
by their association with foreign intelligence services, or drawn from
opposition parties heavily infiltrated by agents of Saddam's former
security services.
"Regardless of the number of troops the United States puts on the
ground or how long they stay there, Allawi's government is doomed to
fail. The more it fails, the more it will have to rely on the United
States to prop it up. The more the U.S. props up Allawi, the more
discredited he becomes in the eyes of the Iraqi people – all of which
creates yet more op****tunities for the Iraqi resistance to exploit to
their advantage."
-excerpted from a July 9 article by Scott Ritter-
that can be found at:
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/19190/
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"Without sharing there can be no justice; without justice there can be
no peace; without peace there can be no future."
The World Teacher
http://www.share-international.org
It's the single most im****tant fact of our time. Soon everyone will
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