The Americans are trapped: "The Americans are trapped: not able to withdraw and not able to go forward. We see that they control the heavens above Iraq but cannot control a single street in Falluja. America will not be able to withdraw to their bases, because the minute they leave the streets the Iraqi resistance will take over. The puppet security forces are no match for the resistance in terms of weaponry or morale.
So the US can't withdraw and their determination not to allow elections - because the result would not be of their liking - makes a mockery of the whole thing. In the end, the state is an armed body of men, but the state in Iraq will have to be guarded for the foreseeable future - like Karzai in Kabul - by the occupying army. And an occupying army that has to guard its puppets 24 hours a day can hardly credibly claim that it has given power away."
- posted by geoff @ #