They’re still enjoying politics…sort of

Once again - because it is well worth repeating - we present the quote that keeps on giving:

U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Condoleeza Rice, September 13, 2005:

I think that the most interesting thing to me about Iraq is that politics has broken out in Iraq in a really major way. And the Iraqis seem to enjoy politics.

Ahem.

Kirk Semple, New York Times, April 6, 2006:

A top adviser to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Wednesday that the visit this week by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of Britain had backfired, prolonging a deadlock over a new government and strengthening Mr. Jaafari’s resolve to keep his post.

“Pressure from outside is not helping to speed up any solution,” said the adviser, Haider al-Abadi. “All it’s doing is hardening the position of people who are supporting Jaafari.”

He added, “They shouldn’t have come to Baghdad.”

His comments were echoed by several political leaders on Wednesday, including Kurds and Sunni Arabs.

Such ingratitude. And after all we’ve done for them.

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