Michael said: > I cannot understand what kind of communist party would join with the US, or why we > should take such a party seriously.
I don't think that's the real issue. No-one knows whether the insurgents are more popular than the US-backed council; it will take an election to establish that. And what is "imperialism", if not the presumption that one knows better than people on the ground? Why should we take _our_ views --- few of us being experts on Iraqi history or politics --- more seriously than the views of Iraqis who live in Iraq at the moment, and have also lived there throughout Saddam's regime? regards, Grant.
