Who is to blame for Iraq’s problems? - The Washington Post
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/07/21/who-is-to-blame-for-iraqs-problems
... there is no dispute that neither integrity nor credentials were ever prerequisites the United States sought in picking or supporting [foreign] politicians.
The criterion is the same as it has always been [...]: Someone who can satisfy U.S. interests however defined.