Iraq Needs a Trustworthy Figurehead

If you look at all the countries in the last few years that have thrown off cruel dictators, they generally have one thing a in common; a trustworthy figurehead.

Spain had King Juan the Brief, Russia had Gorbachev, Poland had Walensa, Czechoslovakia had Havel, South Africa had Mandela etc.

Even now George Weah is trying to sort out Liberia!

But where is that man in Iraq? The trouble is because of its history, no-one wanted to put his or her head above the parapet and now because democracy is being pushed on them by Bush and Blair, they don’t really want to come out now!