"We Will Remain A Thorn In The Chest Of The Americans"

Tom Ricks recommends Leila Fadel's WaPo article on Monsul, Iraq. Ricks remains pessimistic:

There is
no agreement on how to share oil revenue, no resolution of the basic
relationship between the country's three major groups, and no decision on
whether Iraq will have a strong central government or be a loose confederation.
And no resolution on the future place of the
Kurds and Kirkuk.

Joel Wing studies the connections between terrorism, insurgency, and government:

It's much easier to come up...