Good Grief

In our drive to find any solution in the morass that has become Iraq, we are now arming the Sunni militants. Since they have fallen out with Al Qaeda, we are arming them for the fight. The trouble is that this cuts at the heart of a stable Iraqi government. Arming militias responsible to no controls makes no sense when the Iraqis are not able to control their own country. We are so desperate to make 'progress' we will make this Faustian compact. It will surely come back to haunt us. The full story is here.