'I wish my term was over', admits Iraq PM - What? He wants to go to Disneyland?

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2529784,00.html

Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq’s Prime Minister, has admitted that he wishes his time in office was complete and that he has no desire to serve a second term heading the violence-plagued nation.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mr Maliki, who has been accused of failing to deal with the sectarian tensions which have wrecked bloodshed across Iraq, also revealed his reluctance in initially accepting the top job, saying he decided to take it only after days of persuasion from fellow-Shia colleagues. "That decision for me was heavier than a mountain," he said.

Asked whether he would accept a second term in office, Mr Maliki replied: "Impossible.

"I wish I could be done with it even before the end of this term. I would like to serve my people from outside the circle of senior officials, maybe through the parliament or through working directly with the people," he said.

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1. Skinner figured out how to send all Iraqi's to Disneyland!

Exerpt from Skinner's post:

Lavish First Class Vacation to Disney World
It turns out that it's actually pretty difficult to find first-class tickets from Baghdad to Orlando on the Internet. I checked Orbitz and Expedia, and neither was able to quote a price for the itinerary I wanted. I was, however, able to find first-class tickets from Dubai, UAE, to Orlando: $7856 on Emirates Airlines (with a Saturday-night stay). Let's assume an additional $5,000 for a first-class ticket from Baghdad to Dubai. According to the Disney website, a night at their top-of-the-line Grand Floridian resort is $349 to $645. Let's put our Iraqi friends in the most expensive room, for seven days. That's $4515 each if we give each traveler their own room that they don't have to share with other family members. Then, of course, we need to purchase them tickets to Disney World itself. The Disney World website does not have an option for "Iraq" under "Which country are you traveling from?" so I selected "Kuwait" instead. I also included the "Park Hopper" option, so visitors could visit more than one park each day. Price: $244. Just for fun, let's give each person $1000 spending money per day, or $7000. Add it all together and it costs $24,615 for each Iraqi man, woman, or child we send to Disney World. Let's send all of them. There are an estimated 26,074,906 people in Iraq, for a grand total of $641,833,811,190.

Bottom line: Only $641 billion to send every Iraqi citizen on a first class vacation to Disney World, which is about $360 billion cheaper than our current policy. Not only is it cheaper, but it would have the added bonus of improving the image of the United States, rather than making everyone hate us. And let's face it, how could the people of Iraq possibly not overthrow their despotic government after tasting the sweet, sweet freedom of Disney World?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x198196

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2. OK, That thread was BRILLIANT.

I loved every damn word of it. I'm even melting a little. I love this site. :rofl:

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3. I kinda like his attitude

I've always thought that the best leaders are generally the people who don't want to lead. I read a quote once, which I may be about to butcher, which said "We should never give power to those who want it." People who want to be president scare me. I remember getting chills when Bush 2.0 said "I've wanted to be President since I was a young boy." Not the good, massuse running her nails up your spine chills either, but the bad why-did-a-noise-just-come-from-my-closet-at-2:00AM-chills.