Escobar on Iraq

Pepe Escobar has an interesting article in the Asia Times on the post-election situation in Iraq.

Sistani sold the elections to the pious Shi’ite masses as the first step toward the end of the occupation. In the next few months his promise will be subjected to a groundbreaking reality test. Shi’ites at the polls unmistakably said that they were voting to expel the Americans, not to legitimize them.