The article i just posted by a retired diplomat speculates that the real neo-con (and Israeli) goal in iraq is to break the country up into several smaller states that would pose less of a potential threat to Israel than a united Iraq.
Talk about the mother of all bait and switch operations.
“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” Mahatma Gandhi