After the 78 day bombing capmpaign in Kosovo and Serbia under Clinton the electricity in Kosovo has never been fully repaired and is intermittent. Many basic public services are not what they had been since the bombing. This is a direct result of Clintonian occupation policy that leaves de facto control of the country to local crime and war lords. Bush may chose to follow the same path in Iraq.
Burkeman, you're a bright guy and you've been consistent in your philosophy around this campaign .... but .... what in the world would be achieved if Iraq was reformed into the regional feudal governance you've presented?
How are American interests bolstered by that outcome? Not to mention the Iraqis who will now be in terror of "Warlords" and their thuggery.
You think "Warlords" are going to let private entrepreneurs run the oil program while they slaughter oxen and drink goats milk?