Have We Learned from Failed U.S. Policy in the New Dictator-Run Iraq

In his insightful opinion about the duality in American policy between what’s going on in Egypt vs. Iraq,

Abdulrahman al-Rashed makes the following interesting observation:

The  region is holding the U.S. accountable for its actions. It believes that Washington is asking Arabs to buy tickets to attend electoral contests, engage in the democratic system and, in the end, Washington will sidestep the consequences.