Call me a silly old billy but for a while there I thought that the new Iraq was supposed to be the new bastion of democracy and probity in the Middle East, setting in motion a clatter of dominoes that would sweep away the corrupt, autocratic theocracies and kleptocracies of the region.
Yet, what do I read in the Washington Post? Arabs 'Balking' On Funds for Iraq Saudis Seen as Reluctant to Take Lead
The neocons and the Bushistas really do have to be seen to be believed. On the one hand they are trying to throw out these people and on the other asking for them to stump up the money to undermine their own hold on power.
There is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow, there is only what WE WANT today, and you better damn come up with it fast before muh finguh gets itcheyah on tha triggah.
Let them stew.