We are still in the first Quarter..............The Game is not Over.
You aren't seriously calling WFB a liberal democrat, are you? If so, I think you need to see a pshrink because you're losing touch with reality, big time.
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It seemed obvious to me he was referring to Elliot as being the liberal democrat setting the artificial deadline. WFB is well known for being a conservative icons so it never entered my mind that he was not referring to Elliot.
The Iraq situation has not played itself out just yet. They haven't even been able to form a govt coalition yet. I think it is too early to tell. There are a lot of good things happening.
*GDP in Iraq has been growing 10% per year despite the oil production being lower than pre-war levels.
*14 of the 18 provinces of Iraq are peaceful.
*We are finnaly getting some Iraqi units which will stand up to the insurgents instead of running a way.
*The insurgents have been alienting the Iraqi population more than winning them over. This attack on the mosque is the act of desparation and not strength. The next few days will be critical.
Their are a lot of troubling things.
(1) There constitution is DEEPLY flawed. There religious council which can veto unislamic laws is a horrible idea. Not only will is creat friction between Sunnis and Shias on whose version of Islam is on this council but laws regarding usury will be instantly vetoed. I read a story of a Turkish man who wanted to invest in his company's 401K. His Iman said earning interest was a sin so that man did not participate. Just imagine the number of financial laws that will be vetoed by this backward thinking.
(2) The bombings are troubling. Will the Iraqis rise up against the insurgents or will they cower in fear. We shall see.
We need to give the new Iraqi govt about 5 years minimum to see if they can govern. No doubt Bush43 has mismanage the Iraq occupation but even on his worse day Bush43 is a better man for the job than Kerry or Gore.
Thomas Friedman had some ineresting thoughts of the mosque bombing. He took it as a sign the USA/Iraq was winning. So we have William F Buckley on one side and Thomas Friedman on the other.
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