Iraq's unity government is facing a political crisis. Last week, six ministers resigned, and today five more declared a "boycott" of meetings. That leaves no active Sunnis in Prime Minister al-Maliki's cabinet. Feisal Istrabadi, Iraq's Ambassador to the UN, concedes that the al-Maliki government is not providing basic services—water, power and sewage, but claims that the Prime Minister's political problems are growing pains much like those of the early United States.
How United Is Iraq's Unity Government?
Credits
Guests:
- Leon Panetta - Panetta Institute for Public Policy
- Peter Galbraith - gubernatorial candidate and former diplomat - @GalbraithforVT
- Juan Cole - University of Michigan - @jricole