It, Sunni world, could be a new theme park headed up by that "ass-kissing little chickenshit***" know as General David Petraeus, but it isn't.
More than likely, it, is just the typical riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, as Churchill might say.
Have a read of Marc Lynch's article at The American Prospect to get a little more understanding of what might be the real world in parts of Iraq:
"The cheerleaders for the surge have constructed a Disney-esque fantasy of Iraq which might as well be in Orlando for all it has to do with the grim reality on the ground. ... .
Marc Lynch
The American Prospect
September 13, 2007
The article is interesting particularly in light of the assassination of Shaykh Abd al-Sattar Abu Risha and the jump to the conclusions crew in D.C. and other areas that it is those scary guys in al-Qaeda who've just blown him up (some rumors insitu).
***Oh the colourful expressions for the General are courtesy Gareth Porter who reports this is what Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM) and the General's boss called him during the first meeting between the 2 of them.
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