Zaid Al-Ali
26 – 10 – 2006
In response to the United States’s deepening predicament in Iraq, influential American voices are advocating the country’s partition. Zaid Al-Ali assesses Peter W Galbraith’s presentation of this case in his book “The End of Iraq.”
A dangerous trend is emerging amongst United States policymakers and political commentators. Faced in Iraq with an ever-strengthening insurgency and an increasingly bloody civil war, more of them are warming to a course of action that would bring about the worst possible outcome for Iraqi civilians. The suggestion is that the country be split into three separate entities, each of which would be home to a distinct ethnic or religious group. [MORE]