Iraq likely to split three ways?

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: Washington PULSE - Brief Article

The conflict in Iraq consistently is mischaracterized as a "war on terrorism," when in fact it is a civil war, says Mark Herman, vice president of the global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

The struggle is really about how much power the Sunnis can garner. "No matter what happens with the Iraqi Constitution, anything is going to be less than what the Sunnis had under the Saddam Hussein regime," Herman said. "We are standing there, trying to do something they don't want us to do...