Pat writes a great analys of where that constitution is at
his blog here. The problem is that both sides have indicated that they reject the constitution. So their may not be a positive milestone but the point where an uncovential civil war spills out into the streets; into a nasty and brutish state of nature. So what of the conistution? The Sunnis are against it. Moqtada al-Sadr is against it. His Eminence Al Sestani
rejects federalism.
The constitution? Irrelevant at best, destructive at worst.
What should be done? In the end we will have to take direct control of negotiations among the three contesting parties and give up a failed experiment in "democracy" building. If we do not do that ,then we face the prospect of an Iraq permanently at war with itself This place would be the focus of increased sectarian strife in the region. The additional risk of seeing a "rump Shia Iraq with a common frontier and interest in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait should be worrisome.
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