Withdrawal from Iraq?: Forget About It
Dissident Voice, CA by Mike Whitney www.dissidentvoice.org July 28, 2005
We can expect to hear a lot about civil war in Iraq over the next few weeks; and federalism, too. Dont believe a word of it.
The Pentagon is moving forward with its plan to divide Iraq into three parts and its using the pretext of civil war to justify its strategy. Rumsfeld and Co. have known for some time that the conflict is no longer winnable and theyve been moving in this direction since shortly after the elections. The choice of language, civil war and federalism, only bear out what the media plan of attack will be.
The plan to split up Iraq actually appeared first in a New York Times editorial nearly a year ago. The Bush administration is uncomfortable admitting that the situation on the ground is so desperate that uniting the country under a strong central government is no longer possible. Theyve already begun talking about regional autonomy which tells us that the country will be divided into three parts: a Kurdish region in the north, a Shia region in the south, and a Sunni region in the middle. This model suggests that the Sunnis, the former heads of state and military under Saddam, will be cut out of Iraqs great oil wealth. [more]