'Winning the war on terror' by creating medieval system in Iraq

This is really what it has come down to.  All the energy and resources that were supposed to go towards fighting the organization that attacked us on 9/11 are being diverted to create what is becoming a 21st century medieval society in Iraq.  As the Boston Globe points out this morning in an editorial, Iraq is a feudal system:

There may be temporary lulls and truces, but no end can be expectedany time soon to the many-sided fight for power - a fight not onlybetween Sunni Arabs and Shi'ites but among the disparate factions,tribes, and gangs in each sectarian camp.

Because Iraq has beensundered into separate fiefdoms and has descended into Somalia-stylewarlordism, there is no identifiable enemy over whom President Bush mayclaim victory. There are now many different wars in Iraq, but none thatAmerica can win.

Definition of the word "fiefdom":

The estate or domain of a feudal lord.

There is not a central government that is seen by the rest of Iraq as legitimate.  The country is controlled by warlords that are spread throughout Iraq.  Each of them controls their own locality, collects taxes and polices its citizens.