Getting Iran & Syria Involved In Iraq
I have mentioned that I felt that this is one of the keys to having peace and stabilization in Iraq and now with the Iraq report out, I am vindicated!
The Iraq report that was recently released encouraged the current administration to renew diplomatic relations with both countries and involve them in participating in helping to forge a new Iraq. Now, whether the Bush administration can rebuild these ties is another matter.
So much damage and rhetoric has been thrown around that I am not sure that American efforts will simply not be rebuffed if and when made. Getting Iran and Syria involved in the solution is Iraq will certainly be a test of the Bush view or democracy as what will arrive from these two countries involvement will not be an American version democracy but most likely a Muslim focused permutation of democracy. Their involvement will also most likely involve advisors and troops in the region which the Bush administration will certainly resist.
Iraq already senses that Syria and Iran are key to their stabilization as Iran understands as well as attested to by the high level meetings already had between the three countries.
Do I believe that Bush will embrace these changes and move forward on these actions? Hmm, I think that the propaganda machines are already at work on that one to show Iran and Syria in a bad light justifying why Bush won't be able to include them even though advised to do so.
I will simply have to wait and see. In the meantime, I am sure that millions if not billions of dollars could have been saved on creating a report, that educated people already understood the outcome, could have been saved if the administration would only have been listening.
The Iraq report that was recently released encouraged the current administration to renew diplomatic relations with both countries and involve them in participating in helping to forge a new Iraq. Now, whether the Bush administration can rebuild these ties is another matter.
So much damage and rhetoric has been thrown around that I am not sure that American efforts will simply not be rebuffed if and when made. Getting Iran and Syria involved in the solution is Iraq will certainly be a test of the Bush view or democracy as what will arrive from these two countries involvement will not be an American version democracy but most likely a Muslim focused permutation of democracy. Their involvement will also most likely involve advisors and troops in the region which the Bush administration will certainly resist.
Iraq already senses that Syria and Iran are key to their stabilization as Iran understands as well as attested to by the high level meetings already had between the three countries.
Do I believe that Bush will embrace these changes and move forward on these actions? Hmm, I think that the propaganda machines are already at work on that one to show Iran and Syria in a bad light justifying why Bush won't be able to include them even though advised to do so.
I will simply have to wait and see. In the meantime, I am sure that millions if not billions of dollars could have been saved on creating a report, that educated people already understood the outcome, could have been saved if the administration would only have been listening.
