Surfing the Middle East: "It's like Maui with rockets"

How Iraq works

Iraq has shown to be a place that demands security to bring stability to its provinces. It's leaders, especially in the past--but also the present--have shown more than willing to use it.

Saddam, well, everybody knows about Saddam. And now, prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki--as we now know from the last Casbah post--runs a death squad that works directly for his office.

Today, Iraq's high court ordered the death of Tariq Aziz, the Christian Iraqi who was a key deputy of Saddam. They charged him with the brutal killing of... whoever... Aziz was 44 of 50 on American's most wanted list after the 2003 invasion.

So I ask, what's the goddamn difference?

I'm all for letting the genocidal goons wipe each other out--but it's everyone else who seems to be the casualty in this game.

Oh Sweet & Merciful Jesus... What did we expect?

Yes... Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has a death squad working directly for his office - as in not under the control of anyone but him, killing whoever makes him feel uncomfortable.

Not exactly the Bush Dream for Mesopotamia.