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Your mouth says no but your lack of a stable infrastructure says yes
By Ned | July 15, 2007
This is actually kind of funny, to the extent that any humor can be wrung out a tragic situation like the Iraq War.
“We say with confidence that we are capable, God willing, of taking full responsibility for the security file if the international forces withdraw in any time they wish,” Mr. Maliki said.
How diplomatic! It’s like the United States military is the last guess at a party that started winding down long ago and it doesn’t get the repeated hints the host is throwing that maybe it’s time to live.
Maliki: Man, I’m really tired. That was some party though.
Bush: Yeah, it is.
Maliki: I’ve got to clean up and everything to. I should probably get started on that right now.
Bush: Okay.
(Pause)
Maliki: You know, I’ve got work in the morning.
Bush: Me too.
(Pause)
(Pause)
Like with any oblivious guest, these hints are going to be completely ignored until the US damn well feels like leaving. Because as Frank Rich points out elsewhere in today’s NYT:
The White House’s game is to create a new fictional story line to keep the war going until President Bush can dump it on his successor.
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