BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A car bomb has exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday[.]Crowds rushed the embassy after Thursday's explosion, looting parts of the facility and burning pictures of Jordan's present King Abdullah II and his father, the late King Hussein. (via CNN)
No doubt the Iraqis responsible for this blast are unhappy about Jordan's cooperation with the U.S. in allowing American troops to operate from Jordan in the latest war. But when the Iraqis start attacking their own Arab brothers, we know we are in for a long, chaotic road ahead.
As the instability in Iraq threatens to rage out of control, we can only hope that the Bush administration doesn't move on to something new - as they did in Afghanistan - leaving civilians no better off than they were under dictatorial regimes, the remaining American soldiers in grave danger, and increased bitterness and hatred in its wake.
And let's hope that Election 2004 is not the something new that Bush moves on to in avoidance of the intractable problems in Iraq for which we are directly responsible.
