Puppet government in Iraq I got a comment on my article about the Arab league to which I wish to respond. It said:
I am not surprised that the Arab League would not send troops to support what many view as the US puppet government in Iraq.
Many do consider the Iraqi transitional government to be illegitimate and I understand the reasons for that, but I am wondering what the alternative might be. If we withdraw all support from the transitional government and it falls, what will take its place? Surely there will be civil war with tens of thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Maybe that is not the worst. Maybe the Shiites become genocidal and try to wipe out the Sunnis for all time. Maybe the Kurds get firghtened and join the fray. Does anybody think that there is some benificent tolerant Iraqi movement ready and able to take charge if only the
Americans would leave?
There is much legitimate argument on the position that we Americans should never have gone into Iraq in the first place. Since we did, instead of a real occupation following past models in which the population is disarmed, by force where necessary and order is restored by armed force and martial law, there has been an attempt to transition to Iraqi rule. It has been clumsy and without doubt all done in a way to assure a pro-American diplomatic posture. If that motivation is so abhorrent that Iraqis and critics of American policy would rather have violent chaos than let the transition proceed, then we ultimately cannot stop them and the fire and blood belongs to them.
Mel
3:49:50 PM 
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