TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : “WE DON’T HAVE A STRATEGY YET” (OBAMA ON IRAQ)
“We are long past the point of debating ‘one Iraq’ versus ‘three Iraqs,’” wrote John Bolton, Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, in the Aug. 25 National Review, “because fierce animosities have already split Iraq de facto into Kurdistan and the predominantly Arab remainder. The only outstanding issue is whether the Arab lands will themselves break into two, one largely Sunni, the other largely Shiite.” (John Bolton)