Iraq is still a nightmare

There has been a fair amount of press to the effect that Maliki is moving to really consolidate power and eventually link even more closely with Iran. Naturally, the opposition is very worried. They've expressed their concern in an op-ed in the NY Times. You would expect the opposition to use a variety of means to achieve their objective. But the basic point they make in the op-ed is a fact: nothing has been done to implement the Erbil power-sharing agreement signed in 2010. Maliki has been exerting more and more control over the military and we are helping him by soon shipping $11 billion in arms and training to him.

Despite Obama's claims, things do not look very good in Iraq almost 10 years after we began the war to make Iraq a better place.