Well, Hawkmoon is pretty good at telling everybody what they should think, I think it has something to do with "facts and logic". Back on the conventional reality front, things are looking messier all the time. Last I read, the Kurds are pushing hard for something as close to independent Kurdistan as they can get. No surprise there, that's what they've always wanted. The Shiites want elections, which they'd probably win. Furthermore, the Shiites that would win are probably the clerics, according to the polls before they're officially reinterpreted for propaganda purposes. Meanwhile, the Sunnis are being subjected to official Israeli tactics on the hearts and minds front, on the off chance that they don't hate us enough already. And poor Bremer is under orders to put together an "Iraqi government" that will give its blessing to continued occupation in time for Karl Rove to sell it as a triumph of the "Bush Doctrine" before 11/2 .
I actually sort of like Bremer, but I think he has a fairly impossible job there. On the other hand, for official propaganda purposes, I'm willing to stick my neck out and make a bold prediction. Success is assured, at least in terms of what W will be telling us around September or so. |
