Posted on 04/24/2008 5:33:18 PM PDT by Kaslin
Iraq: Democrats insisted the surge couldn't succeed. When it did, they claimed it failed because Iraqis weren't using the "political breathing space" it provided. In fact, Iraq's ongoing political progress is stunning.
But speaking Tuesday in Kuwait to diplomats from the Middle East and around the world, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, al-Maliki announced what would have sounded outlandish only a year ago — a new phase of national unity.
"Iraq has passed its crises and divisions," said the Shiite leader elected to head the Baghdad government.
On Thursday, al-Maliki announced a much-anticipated breakthrough: The Accordance Front, the main parliamentary coalition of Iraq's minority Sunni parties, has agreed to return to al-Maliki's government after withdrawing from his cabinet last summer.
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The Editors, Publishers and Producers of the US Junk Media have an awful lot to answer to the American people for. For people so pompously arrogant about the "People's right to know" and being "the 4th Branch of Govt." they have totally failed us on Iraq.
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