This has got to be the joke of the millenium. We have breaking news banner whenver Schiavo's parents sneeze, file lawsuits, have them annuled, or whatever.
But WTF happened in Iraq. For months before January 2005, Honorable George W Bush said Iraqi people are having free and fair elections. This was an issue during election campaign too.
Then came Jan 30, 2005 and a "fair and free (balanced)" election was held.
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By now, we should have had a new Iraqi President, a new Iraqi Prime Minister, and a new Iraqi government.
By now, the "legal" Iraqi government should also have decided whether they want to keep US in Iraq or not.
By now, we should have seen the proof the freedom has liberated the Iraqi spirit.
By now, we should have cut our Iraq spending and Iraqi forces should have been doing a lot of grunt work.
By now, 20-25K of our soldiers should have returned home. Remember that we were going to increase our forces from 135K to 155K to help with the elections. Didn't it mean that after elections they will come back.
By now, we should be celebrating the march of the freedom in the middle east.
But what happened?
No Government any Time Soon in Iraq
Almost two months have passed since Iraq's elections, and people there are understandably impatient to see a new government take office.
Contrary to popular lore, Bush opposed them. "The American plan was not to hold elections this January," Fareed Zakaria accurately reported in the Feb. 14 issue of Newsweek.
Iraq ; Even after elections, democracy unrestored in Iraq: Fonts messed up on this link.
Just to keep the discussion honest, there is the other side too.
Iraq elections proof that insurgency has no political future: Rice
Iraq elections helping spread democracy in Mideast: McCain
WTF is going on? How come CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC are not talking about this?
NN (News Networks) - Because there is other breaking news!!
HX - Ok. Let me go and protest in front of Supreme court. Terri Schiavo must die only of old age (while our soldiers do not have that freedom). Will you cover that protest?
NN - No.
HX - What happened?
NN - Michael Jackson sneezed and did not use a tissue. We are live from Santa Monica.