[goldstategop]

Robin Wright's article in today's Washington Post laid out the new party line: Iraq elected a government close to Iran and America was dealt a major setback. Yeah really. Do you think the unelected Iranian mullahs were happy over a Shiite-led government in Baghdad that has to share power with Kurds and Sunni Arabs? Think again. For the legacy mdia, its all doom and gloom. If its not the terrorist insurgency, its something else. Good news for America is the last thing on their minds.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks for pointing me to Robin Wright's column in today's Washington Post. Here's a link for others who would like to read it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21679-2005Feb13.html

While she goes out of her way to begin the column by quoting those with the most negative view of the election and who foresee a major role for Iran, by the end she has to backpeddle somewhat, quoting Iraqi Shiite leaders to the effect that they don't want to emulate Iran and have chosen a path toward democracy not theocracy. It's also mentioned that experts don't in fact believe that Iraq will become a vassal state of Iran and that Iraq's Arab identity will keep it separate from Iran's Persian one.

[gaspar]

Robin Wright's reporting on Iraq has been execrable. The Washington Post must know by now that they hired a lemon.