But damn this is bad. From our local newspaper: U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., visited Iraq today, Feb. 6, and praised American progress after the war-torn nation successfully held provincial elections last week. Not only did they get Boehner’s position wrong, but they totally screwed up which party controls Congress. This is […]
He says they aren’t making “significant progress”: Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday. Petraeus, who is preparing to testify to Congress next month on the Iraq war, said […]
This time it’s the elections law: Iraq’s presidential council rejected a measure Wednesday setting up provincial elections, sending it back to parliament in the latest setback to U.S.-backed national reconciliation efforts. The three-member panel, however, approved the 2008 budget and another law that provides limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody. Those laws will take […]
The surge was supposed to give the Iraqi government “breathing room” so they could get the government functioning. Well it looks like that is getting ready to take a serious blow: The speaker of Iraq’s fragmented parliament threatened Tuesday to disband the legislature, saying it is so riddled with distrust it appears unable to adopt […]