Slightly less obvious from last week, perhaps; from Greg Mitchell of Editor and Publisher
here…Kristol in (today’s) column, which hailed the success of the "surge" in Iraq, concluded with this trump card: Now the Iraqi government has agreed on de-Baathification, a key gain that proves his point and pretty much destroys the Democrats' stand.
Well, even
that claim is debatable to yours truly. But as Solomon Moore of the Times notes, according to Mitchell…
"…the (de-Baathification) legislation is at once confusing and controversial, a document riddled with loopholes and caveats to the point that some Sunni and Shiite officials say it could actually exclude more former Baathists than it lets back in, particularly in the crucial security ministries.
And as noted in
Moore’s story by Sunni politician Khalaf Aulian…
“Many Baathists hated the Baath Party, but they were part of it to have a job,” he said. “By this law, we will push them into the insurgency.”
Peachy (and for more “fun” with the Times’ new “quota hire,” click
here).
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