There seems to be a general sense in this country that on July 1 the Iraqis will be in control of their destiny, the deaths and killing will stop, the troops will start coming home and everything will be wonderful ever after.

Little will change.

The new "sovereign" government will not have the power to make any laws and will have no control over Iraqi police, security forces or army units.

They will have the power to perform administrative and clerical duties, but all under the eye of "Ambassador" John Negroponte, of Honduran fame (where he was seen as a supporter of terrorists Wikipedia).

Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the embassy will have only 1,000 American and 700 Iraqi personnel, but the word in Washington and around the world is that there will be 3,000 (which is a more realistic number for controlling the entire government of a country).

And currently the Governing Council includes Ahmed Chalabi, a former exile and international criminal being paid $4 million per year by America, members with ties to Iran, former exiles who have not lived in Iraq for decades and a few Kurds.

While the new members of the "sovereign government" have not been named yet, there is no indication that they will have any more legitimacy than the current crew. The Iraqi people see the current council for what it is - an American puppet - and expect more of the same.

This is not the way to gain credibility with the Iraq people.

It's time to do this right. Tell your Senators and House Representative to get on the stick and do what they were elected to do.

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