Within less than a week the Basra offensive has gone from “a defining moment” in Iraqi’s history, in the President’s words, to an operation conceived by Maliki that the U.S. didn’t plan, had little warning of, and couldn’t control.
Within less than a week the Basra offensive has gone from “a defining moment” in Iraqi’s history, in the President’s words, to an operation conceived by Maliki that the U.S. didn’t plan, had little warning of, and couldn’t control.