you do know september is RIGHT around the corner

right? what happens in september? well someone is going to be releasing the analysis of how we're doing in iraq. how and if the iraqis have met the benchmarks we've set for them (nervy huh? how WE set THEIR benchmarks. well then again, WE illegally, imorally and unjustly invaded THEIR country). well believe it or not (and i KNOW it's so very hard to believe) there may be some problems



Maliki's Impact Blunted By Own Party's Fears
Hussein-Era Secrecy Persists, Analysts Say




By Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post Foreign Service
BAGHDAD -- As the U.S. military attempts to pacify Iraq so its leaders can pursue political reconciliation, Iraqi and Western observers say Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his inner circle appear increasingly unable to pull the government out of its paralysis.
At times consumed by conspiracy theories, Maliki and his Dawa party elite operate much as they did when they plotted to overthrow Saddam Hussein -- covertly and concerned more about their community's survival than with building consensus among Iraq's warring groups, say Iraqi politicians and analysts and Western diplomats.
In recent weeks, those suspicions have deepened as U.S. military commanders have begun to work with Sunni insurgents, longtime foes of the Shiite-led government, who have agreed to battle the group al-Qaeda in Iraq...............

and i am VERY curious as to the excuses and/or bold faced lies king george and his court will be using on US once that september report is released