One down, 24 to go...well, not really, I doubt Ahmed Chalabi will be walking anytime soon. He's got his dream job...9 to 3, and all he can steal, with the Perlowitz faction smiling like indulgent parents.

It seems that this gent is not really excited, for want of a better word, about the planning (lack of?), that the Neocons arrived with. Also, he seems to feel that the Council, is well, sort of a "rubber stamp" for Bremer and Wolfowitz. I wonder why he thinks that?

Iraq is now in almost total chaos. No one knows what is going on. We're not talking here about trying to achieve an ideal political system. People cannot understand why a superpower that can amass all that military might can't get the electricity back on. Iraqis are now contrasting Saddam's ability to bring back power after the war in 1991 to the apparent inability of the US to do so now. There are all kinds of conspiracy theories.
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To succeed, they must take a unified position on issues and tell Bremer to go to Washington and say "this is what Iraqis want." Ultimately, the council must be prepared to say: "Give us full authority and we will ask for your advice when we need it."

I am thus far the first and only member of the reconstruction council to resign. There may be others, though many will no doubt stay and hope for the best. For my part, when I think about the Iraqi people - how strong they are, how hard they work - I remain optimistic for my country in the medium term.

There are many signs that Iraqis are working together, without serious tensions between ethnicities. All this is good news for a future Iraq. In the short term, however, I fear there will be more conflicts, run through with Iraqi and American blood.