The Foreign Service Journal, March 2004

M A R C H 2 0 0 4 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 T HE M AGAZINE F OR F OREIGN A FFAIRS P ROFESSIONALS Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly with a combined July/August issue by the American Foreign Service Association, a private, non-profit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, preferably by e-mail. Journal subscription: AFSAMembers - $13 included in annual dues; others - $40. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mail- ing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Foreign Service Journal , 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Indexed by Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). The Journal is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements herein does not imply the endorsement of the services or goods offered. FAX: (202) 338-8244 or (202) 338-6820. E- MAIL: journal@afsa.org. W EB: www.afsa.org. TE LEPHONE: (202) 338-4045. © American Foreign Service Association, 2004. Printed in the U.S.A. Send address changes to AFSA Membership, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F Editor S TEVEN A LAN H ONLEY Senior Editor S USAN B. M AITRA Associate Editor S HAWN D ORMAN Ad & Circulation Manager E D M ILTENBERGER Business Manager M IKKELA V. T HOMPSON Art Director C ARYN S UKO S MITH Editorial Intern D WIJEN J AYDEV M EHTA Advertising Intern W EI T AN Editorial Board J UDITH B AROODY , C HAIRMAN M ARK W. B OCCHETTI S TEPHEN W. B UCK T ATIANA C. G FOELLER C AROL A. G IACOMO W ILLIAM W. J ORDAN L AURIE K ASSMAN H OLLIS S UMMERS B ILL W ANLUND T ED W ILKINSON F O C U S O N I R A Q 20 / I RAQ , O NE Y EAR L ATER : E DITOR ’ S I NTRODUCTION By Steven Alan Honley 22 / B LUEPRINT FOR A M ESS The war in Iraq was a triumph of planning and imple- mentation, but the postwar situation is a mess. Here’s how it happened. By David Rieff 29 / R ESTORING A S HATTERED M OSAIC A veteran FSO who served in Baghdad for six months following the war explains why he is optimistic about Iraq’s future. By Hume Horan 38 / C AN THE U NITED S TATES E XPORT D EMOCRACY TO I RAQ ? Struggling to implant a democratic system in Iraq, the U.S. is being forced by political reality to make significant concessions. By Marina Ottaway 44 / F ROM I NTELLIGENCE A NALYST TO “C ITIZEN W ATCHDOG ” Intelligence professionals were misused, both by the senior leadership of the CIA and by the political leadership of the country — not the other way around. By Greg Thielmann C ONTENTS Ma r c h 2 0 0 4 Vo l ume 8 1 , No . 3 O PERATION I RAQI F REEDOM : T HE A RAB R EACTION / 50 The war against Iraq has greatly exacerbated an already widespread mistrust of the U.S. in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Here is the view from Egypt. By Khaled Abdulkareem O N THE G ROUND IN P OSTWAR I RAQ / 54 Foreign Service personnel and their family members who have served in postwar Iraq share some of their experiences. By Steven Alan Honley Cover and inside illustrations by Adam Niklewicz C O L U M N S P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Iraq: A Place for Professionals By John Limbert S PEAKING O UT / 13 U.S. Diplomacy and Other Sacrifices By John Brady Kiesling R EFLECTIONS / 76 By John Buzbee D E P A R T M E N T S L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 10 B OOKS / 62 I N M EMORY / 64 I NDEX T O A DVERTISERS / 74 AFSA N EWS / C ENTER I NSERT Page 20