News reports say the meeting was cancelled, which is much more series than mere postponement.
A breakfast wouldn't be an official diplomatic summit.
This should be the end for the New York Times. How dare they leak this right before an important summit meeting. We should do everything in our power to see that the Times goes out of business. I'm writing now.
If we pull out now, we can go get Iran before they get nukes.
Iraqis don't want democracy, they haven't earned democracy, they don't deserve democracy.
Get our military out from under those ungrateful bastards and let them suffer the consequences of 30 years of stupidity.
Bottom line this President is fighting enemies both foreign and domestic... He is America's beacon of hope in these tragic times.
Klinton plants that have been there since they left....they are running another government you know....
If we had only done this earlier, instead of listening to the idiot neocons about democracy, we would not be having any of these troubles.
Sulzberger is making big money publishing secret documents. He should be residing at Club Fed.
Will the Iraqi government hold itself together? Does the president trust Maliki to stave off the dreaded outcome of the current levels of violence?
Is this a sign of the deterioration of the Sadr influence?
Hillary passes it on to Bill. Bill passes it on to who ever will do the most damage. That way, there's no trail, because who's going to tell? A husband can't be called to testify against his wife. An investigation would go no where.
They're using Palestinian politics. Sadr and his gang are feeding off of Iraqi blood. A solution to the cirsis of their making is the last thing they are interested in. It is very difficult to look at these Sadrist vampires as anything other than a roadblock to be crushed into a speed bump and then flattened by the traffic moving steadily toward the future. Recalling that the electricity and water in Sadr city is functioning because U.S. troops make it so - and that has a flavor of occupational control - I think the U.S. Army should offer training in the skills required to operate the electric and water facilities to locals living in Sadr City. It's the right thing to do. American troops should continue to facilitate the survival of the individuals residing in Sadr city because the core of their mission in Iraq is humanitarian. But U.S. troops shouldn't take Male volunteers. They should only accept Women age 17 to 35 from Sadr city for training. It could be an ultimatum. If Iraqi women don't volunteer - the city doesn't get water or electricity. Let the women of Sadr City control the electricity and water supplies while Sadr and his anti American Militia continue to pretend they are Palestinian victims. Their entire strategy is predicated on local domination at the expense of national security and sovereignty. Pitting their motives against their local community's interests will eventually break them. If they all decide to commit suicide in the process - oh well!