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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Iraq Political Surge
In addition to the build-up of American ground forces in Iraq, the Bush "surge" included political pressure to promote reconciliation. A reminder from Juan Cole on how that's going:
Iraq's parliament went on a one-month hiatus Tuesday afternoon, having not passed any significant legislation. Bush had outlined 4 'benchmarks' last January that the Iraqi government needed to meet by June. There were passage of a petroleum law, passage of a law specifying distribution of the petroleum revenues, revisions of debaathification rules [which harm Sunni Arabs], and progress on Sunni-Shiite reconciliation. Nothing has been accomplished on any of these fronts.
Labels: Iraq, reconciliation, surge
