Sovereign

We handed power over to the interim Iraqi government earlier today, two days early.

Joe Gandelman has the story:

By making the switch over sooner it throws a curve ball to those forces, allows the new Iraqi administration to get its heels dug in sooner for the expected tough times ahead, and get a jump start on mop up operations that will be vital for the new government's survival.

Biggest plus: adapting to the situation by speeding up the take-over shows a healthy flexibility. And the anti-government forces? They will likely now shift from trying to destabilize an upcoming government to trying to destabilize and decapitate an existing government. But the new government knows that... and a clamp-down is likelier than ever.

Lesser minds also sound off. One of this genius' comments, labelled "And there go the rats", quoting a press clip saying that:

"Bremer left Iraq on a U.S. Air Force C-130 about 12:30 p.m., said Robert Tappan, an official of the former coalition occupation authority. He was accompanied by coalition spokesman Dan Senor and close members of his staff."

Right, moron. This wasn't what Bremer was working toward all along, was it?

I can see the headline in a hear: "Terrorists Defeated" - and these morons will then start chanting "See? There never was a threat!".

Good luck, Iraq! Don't forget who got you here.

Posted by Mitch at June 28, 2004 08:02 AM