Report Cites Grave Concerns on Iraq’s Government- - but junior says he's a good guy & supports him!

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~snip~WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — The administration is planning to make public today parts of a sober new report by American intelligence agencies expressing deep doubts that the government of the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, can overcome sectarian differences. Government officials who have seen the report say it gives a bleak outlook on the chances Mr. Maliki can meet milestones intended to promote unity in Iraq.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/washington/23cnd-policy.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1187878086-VHueOgoOyoU/XKhrp+7+bg

[mr_hat]

1. They'd have a beer together.

[TornadoTN]

3. Isn't that what it's all about?

You know, those critical decisions we have to make when choosing our President? When we choose a drunken idiot over a highly capable and intelligent leader just because we felt we could have a beer with the drunken idiot?

[shain from kane]

2. You're doing a heckuva job, al-Maliki. So was Diem in 1963.