Editorial
Time to eat the humble pie!
Let the UN take charge
The recent assassination of the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, Abu Zahra Osman Mohammad, indicates the deep resentment of the Iraqi public towards and distrust of the IGC. Zahra is the second member of the IGC to have become a target of the Iraqi freedom fighters, insurgents to the occupation forces. That the IGC is seen as a collaborator of the occupation forces is manifested in the recent killing. Not even the vaunted, supposedly impregnable "Green Zone" could prevent the suicide killer from getting to Mr. Zahra. The current situation in Iraq has taken the form of a full-blown 'insurgency', just as one had expected it would. Falujjah and Nassiriya resemble Beirut of the 90s and the West Bank and Gaza of today. Too much blood has been spilled for the so-called " Iraqi Freedom." The operation has been an unmitigated blunder and a dismal failure. Dwindling public support points to the change in public perception in the US and UK about the rationale of going to war with Iraq. The pretense of Iraqi occupation, based on deceit and falsehood, has been seen through. Both Bush and Blair are under enormous pressure to get out of Iraq. Amidst the falling support for Bush there is also demand for his impeachment. To top it all, it has now been revealed that it was Rumsfeld who was behind the whole prison atrocity episode. Blair is not doing very well in his home front either, having to hear the call for the British to get out of Iraq and for him to get out of office. It is unfortunate that the US and Britain are unwilling to see the writings on the wall. Events are moving too fast and furiously to prevaricate and prognosticate in a make-believe fashion. Perhaps it is time that Bush and Blair ate their humble pies and got out of Iraq, and allowed the UN to take over. Admittedly, it would be a big mess for the UN to sort out, but it is the only institution left to clear the Augean stable which Iraq is today.
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