Another Score: Joe Biden & Ad Melkert Deliver on Iraq.

[elleng]

The behind the scenes movers on this -- the key ones -- have been Vice President Joe Biden and UN Special Representative for Iraq Ad Melkert. They have worked assiduously every other day and every week together with other key players to get the Iraq equation right -- and for all of the attention on key media-hugging protagonists, the real deal was solved in getting Barzani, al-Hashemi and others to show great "strategic restraint" and to be stabilizers of the political equilibrium -- rather than disruptors.

So -- big news today -- even if the news isn't carrying much of it.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2010/12/another_score_j/index.php

[JDPriestly]

1. I hope that this report is accurate.

If so, this is good news. I think there is still a lot of corruption going on.

[elleng]

2. And will always be, probably, but hope the place can settle down.