I sure hope those hawks who've recently been pushing the "civil wars are like forest fires: healthy, regenerative, natural, necessary for long-term growth" know what they're talking about, as it looks like Iraqi leaders left their campfire burning last night:
With several questions unresolved, Shiite leaders said Sunday that they were considering asking the National Assembly to approve the document without the agreement of the country's Sunni leaders. Such a move would probably provoke the Sunnis, whose participation in the political process is seen as crucial in the effort to marginalize the Sunni-dominated guerrilla insurgency.
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The negotiations were stalled on a number of issues, including the role of Islam in the state, the rights of women and the distribution of power between central and regional governments. Issues that had seemed to have been settled, like the sharing of oil revenues, came unraveled.
You know, with Iraq sprinting towards total disaster, I'm genuinely unsure if I should be scared or comforted that our president is spending his time at little league games. On the one hand, you'd think this is the sort of thing he should be working to solve. On the other, counting the buck-toothed kid's RBIs might keep him from screwing up Iraq any more than he already has.
