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March 25, 2007
A Great Weekend for PoliticalSports
Wow, what a weekend. The Iranians do there usual condemnation of the UN sanction resolution, then they grab a bunch of British sailors. They ignore an offer from the major powers for new talks....what a surprise. Then our pals the North Koreans are close to walking away from their nuclear talks (that is no surprise either) because the U.S. and South Korea are holding military exercises. And that is only the biggest of the highlights in the foreign policy arena. Domestically things are just as much fun. There are something like 18 days of missing White House correspondence in the Federal Prosecutor firings. More documents are turning up that directly contradict the Attorney General's contention that he knew nothing about the dismissals.
Of course, it would not be a truly great sports weekend for a couple of memorable plays by Vice-O.I.L. (CNA)
US Vice President Dick Cheney has assured political allies that an early withdrawal of US forces from Iraq would not be allowed, despite efforts by Congress to impose a deadline on US combat operations there.
The comments on Saturday followed a historic vote on Friday in the House of Representatives, which called for a pullout of US combat troops from Iraq by August 31, 2008 - regardless of whether Iraqi security forces are ready to take over from them.
President George W. Bush has vowed to veto the measure. But the threat has called into question the future of a US$124 billion emergency funding bill, to which it is attached.
One could write extensively about any one of the above. Unfortunately, it is late, I am tired, so I will have to revisit all of the above tomorrow.
Posted by Chip Spear at March 25, 2007 9:14 PM