What does a ship bound for nowhere have to do with the oily, violent mess in Iraq? This particular ship is a key player — and it’s currently idling off the coast of Morocco. Today I’ll tell you why.
The ship’s name is United Leadership. Ironically, “united leadership” is exactly what Iraq is missing this week.
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The map above is more legible than the one I ran yesterday. Bloomberg helpfully color-coded the territory controlled by Sunni Arab, Shia Arab ad Sunni Kurd forces, along with oil fields and pipelines.
Iraq’s messy political situation is not improving. The competing groups have their own internal tensions. We may well see Iraq break up into three or more rival governments in the next few weeks.