Iraq Takes Aim at U.S.-Tied Sunni Groups' Leaders

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/world/middleeast/22sunni.html?ref=todayspaper
- Hide quoted text ----------- Forwarded message ----------From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:11 AMSubject: Iraq Takes Aim at U.S.-Tied Sunni Groups' LeadersTo: letters@nytimes.com

- Hide quoted text -To the Editor: Two years ago, the U.S. administration de-emphasized building non-sectarian national institutions in Iraq in favor of empowering and arming sectarian groups. While these groups have enforced a peace of sorts in their own communities, this was never a path to a functioning Iraqi state. Now, one of these factions has launched a new attack on another. Can The Bush administration keep the lid on long enough to get McCain elected? For lack of any grander strategic vision, we may yet see our grandchildren patrolling an occupied Baghdad.Barry Levine