Hubris

Iraq's political crisis deepens

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq was thrown into deep political crisis after leaders cancelled a much-awaited parliament session following their failure to resolve a bitter dispute over the prime minister.

Four months after the landmark elections for the first permanent post-Saddam Hussein government, Iraqi leaders continued to squabble over who would lead the next cabinet and also hold key posts in the parliament.

Iraqi Sunni and Kurdish groups have rejected the choice for prime minister of the country's powerful Shiite majority, outgoing premier Ibrahim Jaafari, while in a tit-for-tat political move the Shiites are opposing Sunni candidates for other posts.

The Sunni and Kurdish minorities accuse Jaafari of failing to curb the raging sectarian violence that has left hundreds dead since the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra on February 22.

Is this what the Neocons had planned for Iraq? Their hubris is bringing chaos and misery to the Middle East, the fact that the USA is even considering nuking Iran is frightening, you would think they wanted to wipe the Middle East off the map, their hatred for human life no knows bound, they have already ruined Iraq and they seem determined to do the same to Iran.

Be sure to check out Billmon's latest post, it makes for sobering reading - The Flight Forward