Iraqiya leader Ayad Allawi today insisted that he must get the opportunity to form the next Iraqi government by virtue of his party getting the most votes in the March 7 election, warning that the nation would face “really severe chaos” if this did not happen.
The Iraqiya bloc won 91 seats in the vote, while the rival State of Law bloc won 89. Legally speaking the bloc with the most seats is supposed to get the first opportunity, but State of Law leader and current PM Nouri al-Maliki has ordered Iraqiya MPs arrested and insists his bloc may get the first opportunity by virtue of having the most MPs that haven’t been banned by the government or arrested.
Allawi has already conceded that the effort to form the government is going to take months, but today warned that if the new government wasn’t seated by the end of August there would be a “tipping point” to restart the sectarian war.
For either side to get the 163 seats needed to form the government they must inevitably court the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), the 70 seat third-place finisher led by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Sadr’s bloc held a major rally today urging unity between Sunnis and Shi’ites and against the US military occupation.
Sadr’s bloc has balked at supporting either side so far, and last weekend held a referendum asking for input on the next Iraqi PM. The referendum was won by INA member Ibrahim al-Jaafari, with Allawi and Maliki getting 9 and 10 percent of the votes, respectively.
So, does one really believe that "Democracy" can be imposed in a part of the world where tribal types have been fighting each other for supremacy and survival for thousands of years? Does one really think the United States can invade a country illegally and immorally and destroy its infrastructure and kill hundreds of thousands of its citizens, unleash the seething anger each tribe has for the other, dip into their oil treasure, pretend to be democratic themselves, prop up puppet figures who now seem to oppose each other at every turn……………………? Hmmmmm?
Another Obama election prediction going down the tubes……………bringing back the troops…….they are stil there and ready to once again knock down doors and assume command in the cities once civil war breaks out between Sunnis and Shia with Sadr somewhere to be seen…………he does seem to want to unify the country against the Americans, who have succeeded ,just like the English are so good at doing, of dividing and conquering. If Sadr (who was more than likely bought off to keep his distance with his militias in the last couple or so years) rejoins the fray, more armed than ever now since he has taken a back seat, then hold onto your hat because Iraq will become another blood bath……………..and if the Americans come back into the cities, many scores will be settled from all sides……………….against each other, against Americans, and once again Iraq will be back to square one…………………with the USA just coming out of a terrible recession and back in to the financial black hole of another major fight besides Afghanistan………….