“I am sure you think “substance” is about who can be got to say what spin and how many army press releases there are in each 48 hour period or something, but for those of us actually living in the real world..”
Your ‘real world’ consists of made up quotes and a debunked AP story. You had attributed claims to Maliki that you obviously are unable to source. The ‘substance’ is a bunch of loaded questions that don’t support your original claims anyhow.
“the actual political factions and their alignments and the actual outcome of the conflict, matter ever so slightly more.”
More strawman nonsense.