Quickhits
Blogger is slow, so I'm just gonna dump several in this post.
Josh Marshall finds in the WaPo confirmation of my belief that Delay was just hanging around to raise "reelection money" that can then be converted to a defense fund. Again to Cartledge's question yesterday, what legislator had the foresight to allow campaign funds to be converted to defense funds?
John Kerry has an oped in the NYTimes about Iraq. Short version: Form a government by May 15 or the US should withdraw all forces. This CSM story backs up Kerry's strategy. But, once again, "the Iraqi leaders shelved talks on forming a government."
Iraq's neighbors are meeting to discuss contingencies for a civil war. But notice, not fully described by CNN, that these talks are focused on "the implications on Arabs and Turkey of any "American-Iranian deal."" Is this the other coalition that is going to intervene against Iran's influence? By my count, that would make it a ten country war.
And, I finally found a mention of displacement camps that I was looking for a couple days ago. It sounds like right now the Red Crescent and Najaf residents are picking up the humanitarian needs, but there's no mention of security.
Josh Marshall finds in the WaPo confirmation of my belief that Delay was just hanging around to raise "reelection money" that can then be converted to a defense fund. Again to Cartledge's question yesterday, what legislator had the foresight to allow campaign funds to be converted to defense funds?
John Kerry has an oped in the NYTimes about Iraq. Short version: Form a government by May 15 or the US should withdraw all forces. This CSM story backs up Kerry's strategy. But, once again, "the Iraqi leaders shelved talks on forming a government."
Iraq's neighbors are meeting to discuss contingencies for a civil war. But notice, not fully described by CNN, that these talks are focused on "the implications on Arabs and Turkey of any "American-Iranian deal."" Is this the other coalition that is going to intervene against Iran's influence? By my count, that would make it a ten country war.
And, I finally found a mention of displacement camps that I was looking for a couple days ago. It sounds like right now the Red Crescent and Najaf residents are picking up the humanitarian needs, but there's no mention of security.
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