While the cable news networks are having a grand old time with the newest war, it’s important to remember that Iraq is still out of control while we’re all focused on Isreal and Lebanon right now.
I’m no Maureen Dowd fanboy, but the opening paragraphs of her latest opinion piece hits the nail on the head:
If you turn on TV, you see missiles flying, bodies lying, nuclear missiles unleashed and a slaughterhouse in Iraq. But don’t despair, because yesterday President Bush announced the establishment of “a joint committee to achieve Iraqi self-reliance.” He called it a “new partnership,” as if it were some small business.
Isn’t it a little late, in July 2006, to be launching a new partnership for such an old mess? Isn’t it a little late to realize that Baghdad, a city where 300 garbage collectors have been killed in the last six months, according to press reports, has spun out of control?
Good questions. Too bad we don’t have a Congress who are interested in oversight or asking their own tough questions.
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