Tribal fighters deploy on the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Baqouba northeast of Baghdad earlier this month. Reuters
U.S.-Backed Plan For Iraqi National Guard Falters -- Wall Street Journal
Lawmakers Say Rival Sects Can’t Agree on the Force
BAGHDAD—A U.S.-backed plan to bring Iraq’s fractured sectarian tribal forces fighting Islamic State under the supervision of the central government is in danger of being abandoned, lawmakers said.
Momentum has swung against the proposal to create a national guard that would encompass local forces in Iraq’s provinces as rival political blocs expressed reservations over who would be allowed into the new service and how funding would be allocated.
The Obama administration has pushed the national guard proposal as a way to bring minority Sunnis closer to the Shiite-dominated central government after years of policies espoused by former Prime Minister Iraqi Nouri al-Maliki that excluded them.
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My Comment: Iraq's sectarian groups no longer trust each other. Too many broken promises and too many deaths has killed any hope that they can reconcile amongst themselves. For Iraq to now survive as a unified nation .... the U.S. and it's allies must intervene in a massive manner to provide the necessary buffers and security forces to stabilize the situation .... but President Obama has already bluntly stated that such a level of commitment from the U.S. is not going to happen. In the meantime the Islamic State continues to encroach Baghdad .... ISIS Besieges Iraqi Town of Amiriyah Fallujah, 25 Miles From Baghdad (NBC).
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