After every "milestone" in Iraq there are two stories coming out of Iraq...
First comes the Bush Spin....second the Realities on the Ground.
The US spin seems to be...just get through another day without have more than 4 troops killed...and proclaim the benefits of democracy in Iraq.
The realities on the ground seem to be a battle between Kurds, Shia and Sunnis for control of territory and oil and US taxpayers dollars...and no body wants the Americans around expect when they are handing out blank checks.
Yet Bush said yesterday: We ain't leavin' till they are "friendly" to America...
In truth, the US has been made into the Mercenary Army of the Shia Republic of Iraq...!
In the north the Kurds just want to be left along...and independant. But if there are any US funds laying around they'll take them too.
The problem is you can't have two realities forever... And my hunch is that by the end of 2005 the Bush Gamble in Iraq is going to be exposed for what it always was...and ill advised mistake pushed by the Neocons and Likudnics in Washington that will have greatly destabilized the middle east and imperiled Israel even more...
Need proof? ....even Sharon has left the Lukud Party in the Aftermath of Iraq!
P.S. If you really want to know how things are going in Iraq...watch Israeli politics...that's where the real action is.
