A Wrinkle in the Iran War Strategy

One of the likely permutations of a Bush/Cheney attack on Iran is that it would threaten the whole system of cooperation between the Bush administration and the al-Maliki government in Iraq.

But as this NYTimes article on the Iraqi government's reluctance to cooperate with American policy in Anbar province reminds us, the Bush administration and the al-Maliki government have not been in harmony since the beginning of the surge campaign.

Perhaps the Bushies might be willing to cut their ties with al-Maliki altogether.