More Iraq

Predictably Ivan Eland is playing Chicken Little over the Iraqi constitution, but surprisingly he makes some pretty valid points...I know I was surprised too. Among his complaints - that the US has confused democracy or majoritarianism for liberty. Eland feels that approval for the constitution will lead to an uptick in insurgent action. The New York Review of Books has graciously printed excerpts of Human Rights Watch report on torture in Iraq. Christopher Hitchens give his readers Iraqi Tribal Factions 101. Hitchens provides a good breakdown of the differences between the three major groups and where they came from.