Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced this morning that he will run for the office in next month's elections. He says that he wants to unite the country and end the religious and ethnic divisions that have led to so many difficulties since the U.S. invasion of the country.
I may seem a bit cynical, but I have no doubt that Allawi will win this election. After all, the U.S.'s man in Afghanistan won the first-ever national election in that country. Why would not the U.S.'s man in Iraq also win election? The only possible upset might come from the Shiite clerics--either Moqtada al Sadr or Ali al-Sistani. If that happens, then all bets are off about the future of Iraq--of course, all bets might be long-shots regardless.
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