Jed Babbin on Postwar Iraq & Military on National Review Online


Jed Babbin discusses the pitfalls of the proposed (temporary) military government of post-Saddam Iraq. My question to the Administration would be why not organize a convention, or a sort of Loya Jirga, amongst all the Iraqi opposition groups, and bring them in to hash out a temporary government? Obviously, such a gathering would not include representatives of the largest constituency - the current residents of Iraq - but it could at least put an Iraqi face on the new government from a very early point. They could also take it upon themselves (again, with American cooperation) to lay out some sort of outline for transitioning into an even more inclusive arrangement.