US Deal Leads to Rising Resentment in Iraq
Editorial, International Herald Tribune | June 17, 2008
Iraq's disparate ethnic groups are united in their opposition to the latest American political and military intentions for the country. ++ According to Bush's plan, occupation of Iraq could be indefinite. ++ The president should leave the task of settling a deal with the Iraqi government to his successor and be content with an extension of the UN mandate, which is soon to expire. ++ His current attempt to reach a new deal ignores the desire of both the American and the Iraqi people, and ties his successor to "his failed Iraq policy."
