Iraq Parliament (Photo from The Telegraph)From The Washington Independent:
This really doesn’t augur well for the passage of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement:
A session of Iraq’s Parliament collapsed in chaos on Wednesday, as a discussion among lawmakers about a three-year security agreement with the Americans boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation.
The New York Times has an almost baroque portrayal of the Preston-Brooks-on-Charles-Sumner-style display in the Green Zone today. Moqtada al-Sadr’s supporters are, perhaps unsurprisingly, at the heart of it:
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My Comment: The Iraqis are beginning to learn everything there is to know about politics and theatrics. God bless them. At least they are yelling at each other .... not shooting at each other.