Well fans, it is clear that the Iraqi Prime Minister is courteous.  Our government took over a country that clearly was just not ready for the democratic process envisioned by the Bush Administration (Cheney’s comments from last decade sure indicates that he knew that Iraq could not end up a democracy). 

The “democracy” created in Iraq ended up electing the present prime minister, whose job it was to create a coalition government.  A job that can not be accomplished.  So now years later and after the death of hundred’s of thousands Iraqi citizens, our government officials are saying that he is doing a sub-standard job.  I applaud him for having survived.  I applaud the Iraqi people for standing up to their conquerors.  I hope that our next president will find a very short path to an exit strategy so that the Iraqi people can find their own path to peace.  And if Iraq has trouble instilling democracy in its citizenry, that at least the government in power will have options to assist or just walk away. 

In the meantime, while we treasure our freedom of speech.  I think the more important first step in our freedom of speech is to recognize that some speech will have repercussions and therefore is not so free.  So our government officials should not be criticizing Nouri al-Maliki, we should be praising him for keeping the country of Iraq together even though Sunni’s and Shiites have generations of hatred and now they have the ability to carry out death to each other.   

So now, not only is our government’s officials rude (they invaded a country) now we see that they are crude.   Congratulatoins America, we continue to sink to new lows…