An ill-advised and
single-mindedly pursued strategy, which
inevitably or predictably brings about
failure of the strategist's project.
The
US stragedy of favoring the Shiite factions merely
led to intensification of Civil War in Iraq and ultimately to the formation of a Shiite Islamic Superstate in the region.
It might be argued the attempt to import Western-style democracy to a very different and dynamic
culture without first understanding the culture's historical development or its religious and philosphical underpinnings constitutes the fundamental
US stragedy for Iraq.