The War in Iraq, the Strategy of the Weak in the Face of the American Superpower, by David BARAN The recent conflict in Iraq has produced an uncertain vision of the real unfolding of events and of the Iraqi adversary. The Iraqi resistance was the object of a political and media campaign of disinformation aimed at projecting the image of a rapid war of liberation. The resistance did in reality develop a subtle strategy, constructed around the victimisation of the regime, the conciliation of the population and the organisation of an armed resistance, but which ultimately revealed itself to be inadequate. The extent of the disym-metry between Iraqi and American forces provoked a strong sense of helplessness within the Iraqi population which re...