[MizSterious]

Although this is from yesterday, I didn't see it posted anywhere--if this is a duplicate, my apologies.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Maliki demonstrates his partiality to his fellow shi'ites.

[Gritty]

We're here as the guests of the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people," Caldwell, the coalition forces' spokesman, said.

I have never heard us refer to our forces in Japan or Germany as "guests".

We shouldn't be genuflecting to these people. We should be standing up like men and protecting our interests. If that doesn't dovetail with their interests, too bad!

If we need to take out the Shiite militias, we should do that as well. We already missed the boat on that one because of our Politically Correct approach to this war. We shouldn't pile error upon error just so we don't offend a bunch of Muslims, many of whom probably hate our guts anyway.