Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[CoalTrain]

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.



It might explain why Powell gave up on his own Powell Doctrine. How could he present a clear exit strategy if they were lying to us about the main goal? It might very well explain why there seems to be no plan at all if the main goal was simply to split Iraq into smaller fragments. No matter what the outcome I do not see a unified Iraq coming out of this. If Russia however gets to plant troops in Iraq I am not so sure the likkudniks will see that as a victory. Maybe I am wrong about that I do not know nearly as much about the likkudniks as I should.

CT