Like our own nation’s founders over two centuries ago, the Iraqis are grappling with difficult issues, such as the role of the federal government. What is important is that Iraqis are now addressing these issues through debate and discussion — not at the barrel of a gun.
That’s a direct quote from President Bush’s Saturday Radio Address. I kid you not!
“Not at the barrel of a gun.” Is he really that clueless?
Here’s an excerpt from an Independent/UK article describing the “debate and discussion.”
Barring a sudden change of mind by the Sunnis, the stage is set for a bitter political battle ahead of the referendum when the bloodshed in Iraq is increasingly acquiring a sectarian character. Even the optimists who still describe the violence as an insurgency might be forced to acknowledge that Iraq is in the grip of civil war.
Just a few days ago I suggested that it might be a good idea to email a link to the Salon photo essay to the president so that he might actually see a tiny bit of the bloody conflict going on in Iraq. What? Nobody sent it to him?
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