Al-Mutlaq was banned from running in Iraq's 2010 elections when he was accused of glorifying Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. But he was eventually elevated to his current position in a power-sharing agreement.
"America left Iraq with almost no infrastructure, the political process is going in a very wrong direction, going toward a dictatorship. People are not going to accept that and most likely they are going to ask for the division of the country and this is going to be a disaster," he said.
"Dividing the country isn't going to be smooth because dividing the country is going to be a war before that and a war after that."
He said the government's shape is due to Iran's influence. He said al-Maliki is playing games between the United States and Iran, and the United States will realize that it was deceived.
"It was something strange when I heard Obama present (al-Maliki) as the leader of a democratic state," he said. In full.
Iran wins this one, big time.
ReplyDeleteThe Shia dominated part of Iraq will be a semi-Islamic republic influenced but not controlled by Iran.
The rest of Iraq will be divided.
The Kurds want their own piece.
This will not make Turkey very happy.
The Sunni's will need Riyadh to form their own little piece. One with no oil revenue.
We will have to wait and see what al-Sadr has to say about the remaining U.S. troops.
That's a very succinct summary. I think attacks on Americans in Iraq will never end till the last one is gone.
ReplyDeleteNot to worry, folks!
ReplyDeleteHalliburton will be kicking butt soon, and after a few royal screwups,
WE'LL BE BAAAACKKKKKK!!
What do you bet?
Nothing has occurred that wasn't predicted when the Cheney/Bushites were planning to invade.