Deconstruction

Here's how well Iraq's constitutional process is working at the moment:

The now 14-person Sunni delegation suspended its participation in the constitution draft process after a 15th committee member, Mijbil Ali Hussein al-Sheikh Issa, was shot and killed in Baghdad earlier this week. Two other people, including a consultant to the committee, were also killed.

The delegation wants better security and an international probe into the deaths, said the Western official, who told reporters the Sunnis have expressed doubts about the credibility of an Interior Ministry probe.

Does anybody seriously think that genuine agreement on a constitution is close to happening when the entire Sunni delegation doubts the credibility of the current regime which is happily getting into bed with Iran? There may well be an "agreed" constitution by the deadline, but it's obvious that there's no real trust between even the major factions, and that's with both former Baathists and religious extremists mostly left out of the process. The mess keeps getting worse, and will keep doing so no matter how long the U.S. chooses to stick around.