BTW, do not go to that part of the city if you ever visit Paris ( as if ). Now it's a high crime area, courtesy of TROP.
As Amir Taheri points out in an article written today, the point in building coalitions and democratic institutions in Iraq is to get the nation's new leaders in the habit of getting things done through political horse-trading and compromise. Which would be a welcome departure from the Arab custom of settling political disputes through violence.
Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."