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To: TopCat who wrote (361836)	12/8/2007 12:44:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576871

POLITICAL PROGRESS UPDATE....The Iraqi parliament is adjourning for the year: Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday until Dec. 30 because of Muslim religious holidays, ending efforts to pass U.S.-backed legislation aimed at achieving national reconciliation this year. ....Dec. 30 is one day before the end of the current term for parliament. Lawmakers normally would take a recess for two months at that time, but they were expected to extend the term by a month so they could meet in January to pass a budget and other important measures, a senior U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. I doubt very much that any "important measures" will get passed in the January rump session. It's much more likely that parliament will — barely — pass a budget and then recess again. So that means even if the political climate starts to improve, it's going to be a minimum of April or May before any important bills get passed, let alone the full package that the U.S. has been insisting on as a sign of political reconciliation. Nothing surprising here. I don't think anyone expected any serious progress this year. But still not good news.

To: TopCat who wrote (361836)	12/8/2007 1:06:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576871

One of the anti Christs doesn't think American soldiers are real people. GOP Senate Leader McConnell Appears To Belittle Deaths Of American Troops By Greg Sargent - December 7, 2007, 10:17AM Uh oh -- looks like GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell has got a problem on his hands. Check out what he said about the death of American troops in Iraq in a meeting with constituents this week, according to Kentucky's Grayson County News-Gazette: “Unfortunately, most of our friends on the other isle are having a hard time admitting things are getting better; some days I almost think the critics of this war don't want us to win. Nobody is happy about losing lives but remember these are not draftees, these are full-time professional soldiers." It's hard to read this as anything but belittling the importance of the deaths of troops because they're "professional soldiers." What McConnell is basically saying here is, "hey, they signed up for this." Maybe someone should get clarification from McConnell on this.