Iraqi leaders argue that sectarian animosity is entrenched in the structure of their government. Instead of reconciliation, they now stress alternative and perhaps more attainable goals: streamlining the government bureaucracy, placing experienced technocrats in positions of authority and improving the dismal record of providing basic services."I don't think there is something called reconciliation, and there will be no reconciliation as such," said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, a Kurd. "To me, it is a very inaccurate term. This is a struggle about power."
So the surge was undertaken to provide stability so that the Iraqis could forge some political reconciliation. Did someone actually ask the Iraqis about it? Wait, don't answer that. So, what do we do now that every stated reason for our troops to be in Iraq are no longer operable? At what point can we start to say that US soldiers are dying for no reason? At what point does "support the troops" come to mean "get them out of the meat grinder"?
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