Iraq may agree…

Iraq says may agree to timetable for U.S. withdrawal.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.

It was the first time the U.S.-backed Shi'ite-led government has floated the idea of a timetable for the removal of American forces from Iraq. The Bush administration has always opposed such a move, saying it would give militant groups an advantage. End

Don't know whether or not any of you saw the news report of US soldiers trying to get some Iraqi soldiers to move in on some guys who were firing at them from rooftops, but it sure brought back a Vietnam event for me.

WASHINGTON - Iraq isn't spending much of its own money, despite soaring oil revenues that are pushing the country toward a massive budget surplus, auditors told Congress on Tuesday.

Even the dirt in our flower garden is smarter than Bush and those who voted for him. We get flowers from it, not thorns, but then we were smart enough to plant flowers instead of thorns. It's really not so amazing when you consider that the segment of our society that elected Bush, and then reelected him, are the same idiots who seek religious instruction, counseling, and send money to whore mongers and fanatics like Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, and John Hagee just to mention a few.