| ID | 141548 |
| Title Proper | Iraq in pieces |
| Other Title Information | breaking up to stay together |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Khedery, Ali |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | American leaders contemplating Iraq have made a habit of substituting unpleasant realities with rosy assessments based on questionable assumptions. In 1991, after the Gulf War, the George H. W. Bush administration hoped that Iraqis would rise up against Saddam Hussein and encouraged them to do so, only to abandon them to the Republican Guard. In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act, officially embracing regime change and transferring millions of dollars to an Iranian-backed convicted embezzler, Ahmed Chalabi. In 2003, the George W. Bush administration assumed that toppling Saddam would lead to stability rather than chaos when the U.S. military “shocked and awed” its way to Baghdad. In 2005, as the country descended into violence, Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that the insurgency was in its “last throes.” |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 94, No.6; Nov/Dec 2015:p.33-41 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 94 No 6 |
| Key Words | Gulf War ; Iraq ; Political Process ; ISIS ; The Iraqi Army ; Machiavellian Politicians ; Kataib Hezbollah |