Iraqi elections...some reality checks, part 2

After listening to Bush's oval office talk you may require another dose of reality. Well Professor Cole has a prescription for you, Parties Jockey for Power in Wake of Elections; Dulaimi willing to Ally with Shiites.

Since Bush is going to say Sunday that the Sunni Arab participation in the elections suggests a near end of major guerrilla violence, let me just repeat what I said Thursday: the history of guerrilla insurgencies is replete with groups that simulaneously fought on both the political and paramilitary fronts. Listen to how angry the Sunni politicians are, as they speak out in the wake of the elections, both at Bush and at the Shiites, and you get a sense of how detached the Bush administration remains from reality.

That's the first paragraph, there is a lot more you should read. He reports the showing of the Bush administration's tyrant of choice, Iyad Allawi, was very poor and in fact he has left the country. He feels that the new Iraqi government, regardless of who it turns out to be, will be forced to tell the Americans to leave come what may.