Constitutional Nightmares

The least that can be said about what the Bush Administration has done in Iraq is that it has atleast acted in consonance with America's long history of flawed foreign policy manoeuvres. Short sighted at best, The US has had a string of incidents where it plays the role of the bitten hand that feeds the hungry. Afghanistan, Iraq and more recently, Haiti stand out as prime examples. Today it plays the same dangerous game of treading on thin ice in Iraq and Afghanistan (again!). Consider this scenario. Presidents Hamid Karzai and Pervez Musharraf are assassinated. The Taliban along with financial backing from the Al-Qaeda takes over. Sleeper cells spring up into action across their terrorist network (this is known to be across atleast 60 countries). The global war on terrorism becomes exactly that; A global war. Sounds far out? It's a worst-case scenario one that a recovering US economy is not yet willing to commit to. So why the fuss over the constitution? Well simply enough, pulling military assets out of Iraq as soon as possible means that the US is thus able to relieve it's already over stretched forces. The problem with Iraq is that the US through all its negotiations has still been unable to get the various factional heads to see eye to eye on key issues. Considering Iraq, like Afghanistan is still a highly feudal society, generating a consensus on issues such as veto rights and representative governance should take a while. When Afghanistan's Loya Jirga sat down to draft it's own constitution, experts claimed that it would be a meaningless exercise unless there was any improvement in the security situation. The same applies to Iraq. Summing up, I wish the best of luck to President Bush. Best of luck to Administrator Bremer but most of all, Best of luck to the People of Iraq!