 Newspapers across the Middle East have warned of the dangers of imbalance of power in the future Iraqi elections after the announcement of the poll results. Taking the lead in questioning how US policy had been served by the elections, Egypt's government newspapers on Monday said the Shia victory was totally against US interests. "Has the United States gone to all this trouble (invading Iraq) in order to see a government emerge supported and blessed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani," asked Samir Rajab, editor in chief of the daily al-Gomhuriya. "These Shia will form, with their Iranian brothers, a force still more important in the Gulf region, which is in total contradiction with the interests of the United States."
| Hmmm... Same argument ITYS was making the other day. Apparently it hasn't occurred to either him or the Egyptian press that it's their country, and they can screw it up if they want to, or they can make it a beacon of light for the Middle East. It's my guess, and probably Bush's, that they'll do something somewhere between the two extremes. |
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