InstaCountry: Just Add Water

This really is the crux of the matter, isn't it?

"Nobody wants to turn sovereignty back to the Iraqi people as fast as the United States does, President Bush does and I do," Mr. Powell told France 2, a television network. But he said that the American occupation under "can't suddenly just step aside and turn it over--to whom?"

Clearly, since the real goal here is to establish a secular, stable and democratic Iraq, then it will take some time. Heck, the governmental infrastructure still hasn't been restored.

Source: U.S.-French Rift Reopened as Powell Arrives for Talks