[tommix2]

Iraq's new political life is either ignored or dismissed as irrelevant.Wow that is great news. The President should describe this in his State of The Union Speech and the Administration should get this information to the people. The congressmen who visit just go to Bagdad and stay a few hours and miss all this. I have found in my years working overseas that you have to live in a country for a year or two to really understand what is going on in the country. And you can't just stay in a hotel in the capital and learn much.Few congressmen or newsmen learn much about the country because they don't have the time.

Thank you for posting this information.

[maica]

I was thinking the same thing - about how the President could just use these paragraphs in his State of the Union speech.

People keep saying that he does not explain his position well enough. These words of Mr Taheri should be required reading for the White House speech staff.