The prime minister of Poland, the U.S.’s staunch ally in Iraq, has publicly said post-war nation-building efforts in Iraq have “failed totally,” reports The Scotsman and countless other media outlets today.
Marek Belka said the US and its allies made a mistake by basing its post-war plan for Iraq on the same model used for Germany after World War II, notes Amy Goodman on Democracy Now today. “Belka said ‘It failed totally. Many mistakes, major mistakes, have been committed’.”
Terrible news: CNN TV just reported that the 14 Marines killed today by an IED device are from the same Ohio unit that lost 7 Marines the day before. (CNN via Raw Story.)
PHOTO CAPTION: “Poland’s Prime Minister Marek Belka (C) is escorted by security after meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a courtesy call at the Presidential Office in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone July 26, 2005.” (Yahoo News/Reuters)
