Op-ed columnist, Thomas L. Friedman, writes about the U.S. peace summit in Annapolis MD.
"That’s right — Iraq and Kuwait, the two Arab countries hosting the most U.S. troops, and the two Arab countries with probably the most active elected Parliaments, were both absent. The Kuwaitis asked not to be invited, and the Iraqis were invited but declined to come."
He is basically describing how it is possible to promote peace, when it looks like no one is willing. He says that the summit was useful, but when two countries that you have saved don't show up, it's a big problem. He says that's what the problem is today, all of these countries are just too divided.
"What we are trying to do in Iraq is unprecedented: we are hosting the first real horizontal dialogue in modern Arab history by the constituents of an Arab country — on the assumption that if Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds could actually write their own social contract, it would mean that something other than top-down, iron-fist politics was possible for this part of the world. It is hugely important — and next to impossible."
He is basically explaining that what we are trying to to in Iraq is impossible. Is this true? Are we risking the lives of our American soldier for an impossible purpose?
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