This is what failure looks like:
“Iraq as a political project is finished,” a top government official told Reuters — anonymously because the coalition of Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki remains committed in public to a U.S.-sponsored constitution preserving Iraq’s unity.
“The parties have moved to Plan B,” the official said, saying Sunni, ethnic Kurdish and majority Shi’ite blocs were looking at ways to divide power and resources and to solve the conundrum of Baghdad’s mixed population of seven million.
“There is serious talk of Baghdad being divided into east and west,” said the official, who has long been a proponent of the present government’s objectives. “We are extremely worried.”
There is an enormous humanitarian crisis looming, if anyone cares. I don’t know what to do about it. I wish we could replace our government, as they clearly are powerless to help. But on the domestic side, these events are causing the Republicans to scurry for cover.
Events in Lebanon are a distraction. As Joe Cocker said, “you can only bang your head against a wall for so long before it hurts.” Republicans are finding that out now. In November they are really going to need some Excedrin.
