Thats why we were all friends in the '80s. Ah, for the '80s.

As usual you make a nice point about corrupt Police. The point is though, what else are you going to do? The Sheik is still going to be a big wheel. The truth is that America's pathological hatred of heritory authority has held them back. The Sheiks should have formed the upper house of the Iraqi government.

Either way Iraq is going to stay Tribal so you have to work with it.