Former Opposition Leaders Considered Unrepresentative and Too Disorganized

“Former Iraqi opposition leaders, many of whom were brought back from exile by the U.S. government with the expectation that they would run the country, have been largely sidelined by the U.S.-led occupation authority here, which views them as insufficiently representative and too disorganized to take charge.” Washington Post

Since longstanding U.S. allies mean little to us anymore, why should we care about recent friends or those to whom we might be obliged?