Once more, The New Yorker, not the magazine one thinks of first for serious political reporting, has a magnificent article about Iraq. This is “War after the War” by George Packer – in the 24 November edition. It is thoughtful, detailed, and explains much about the Washington bureaucratic conflicts, just as bitter as the real shooting. Experience has taught our Staff that affairs in Anguilla often illuminate what is going on in the United States and even half way around the world. Anguilla adds clarity to what otherwise would be mysterious. So it is with the sorry state of affairs in Iraq. [Please, Readers, do not e-mail to say that Iraq was in a sorry state before the invasion; of course it was, and Saddam, unfortunately not one of those killed off yet, is hideous. But, that doesn’t explain the current mess.]

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