Justin Raimondo hits it hard this morning at antiwar.com. He’s right in noting that the Busheviks are foolish to believe the US and the UK will do anything about a Shia-run, Islam-inspired government in Iraq. I have no evidence to prove this, but I believe Team Bush has evaluated the situation in Iraq and decided, more or less, that a Shia-run semi-theocracy is probably the best outcome from their standpoint. Why? Because that government will be completely isolated in the region. Even from Iran. So it will be almost entirely dependent on US aid and protection, and therefore largely compliant … Continue reading Shia Iraq