Sunday, May 16, 2004
Powell agrees to Sistani's price
I always worried what Sistani's price was for letting us invade Najaf to take down the Sadrists. Now I know:
Question: If the administration had known that the result of going to war in Iraq was a second Shi'ite theocracy in the Arab world, would they still have gone to war? Just asking.
The United States, in a policy reversal, yesterday signalled its readiness to accept an Islamic theocracy in Iraq.
Asked if a theocratic Islamic government would be acceptable, Mr Powell indicated it was ready to entertain this option.
'We will have to accept what the Iraqi people decide upon,' he said in comments to be broadcast in yesterday's 'Meet the Press' programme.
(via Straits Times)
Question: If the administration had known that the result of going to war in Iraq was a second Shi'ite theocracy in the Arab world, would they still have gone to war? Just asking.
