Pelosi;on the One-Year Anniversary of Iraqi Constitution

[Monkeyman]

http://democraticleader.house.gov

"The hope that marked the adoption of the Iraqi Constitution on Oct. 15th of last year has evaporated as raging sectarian violence threatens to tear the country apart. Iraqi political leaders need to make national reconciliation an urgent priority, not just in words, but in deeds. The place to begin is by completing the constitutional amendment process promised last year. so that the system of national governance in Iraq is seen by Shiites,Sunnis , and Kurds as truly inclusive.

"With the numbers of U.S. troops killed or wounded continuing to rise at an alarming rate, and even greater numbers of Iraqis being slaughtered by their countryman, the need for a change in policy is obvious. President Bush should not wait until after the election for the Iraq Study Group to tell him what is already so clear: Stay the Course' has failed. We need a significant change in strategy- a new direction in Iraq. Now is the time to devise and implement a policy that will protect our troops and our interests."

[texpatriot2004]

1. K & R nm

[gratuitous]

2. Another phony milestone commemorated

We could probably fill the calendar with the phony milestones the Bushistas have tried to foist on the public about "progress" in Iraq and Afghanistan. The purple fingers, the adoption of a constitution, the toppling of a statue, are all just so much tacky wallpaper slapped up in a burning house.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. K&R, i'll kick Nancy up above my own anti-war OP... what a gal! n/t