Bunker Mulligan "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." ~Mark Twain

I receive periodic email updates from Iraqi Prospect Organization. Today’s was written by Sama Hadad, a female spokesman for the organization.

What troubles me about this particular report is that the ethnic split in Iraq is all-enduring. Sama writes that the Shia are the majority, and are worried another Sunni will be named to head the interim government. To the Shia, this means a return to the way things always have been. To me, this is the biggest challenge in Iraq. People who identify themselves solely by a single association cannot effectively live with a government controlled by another group. We see that here in the US where congressional districts are gerrymandered to satisfy this opinion.

But in Iraq, the bloodlust runs deep. After 35 years of brutal control by a Sunni dictator, the Shia are wary of any Sunni leader. It matters little to them that Sunnis also suffered under Saddam.

The most disturbing thing in the article is how the UN representative is handling things.

While many names are being considered by Brahimi and the CPA for the transitional government, there seems to be one certainty: Adnan Pachachi or one of his associates will take the position of president or prime minister. Pachachi, who opposed Iraq’s liberation and Kuwait’s right to exist, is a Sunni pan-Arabist. Bush’s Iraq plan is set to fail.

Is it remotely possible the UN doesn’t want an Iraqi government to succeed? Does the UN want to see Bush out of office?

Nah…Kofi and the boys don’t want to meddle in a country’s internal affairs.