Is Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ? suspicious eyes, wary demeanor, brows furrowed by years living in the underground ? really the face of today?s Iraq? Unfortunately, the answer is yes, and America helped make it that way.
Maliki?s visit to Washington this week has been a time for taking stock of Iraq eight years after the U.S. invasion. What did America achieve in overthrowing Saddam Hussein and battling a stubborn insurgency? It brought a democracy, yes, but one shaped by the most basic and sometimes brutal facts of life ? allegiance to tribe, sect, clandestine organization.
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