Red State scoops ’em all. Project Nothing has the round-up of reactions.
This is going to be one ugly confirmation battle.
*** Update ***
And the base is already saber-rattling, should Gonzalez be nominated.
by John Cole| 34 Comments
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Red State scoops ’em all. Project Nothing has the round-up of reactions.
This is going to be one ugly confirmation battle.
*** Update ***
And the base is already saber-rattling, should Gonzalez be nominated.
by John Cole| 10 Comments
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It appears that Baghdad is becoming safe enough for more foreign embassies to re-open. Well… safe enough for the Syrians:
Syria plans to reopen soon its embassy in Baghdad for the first time since Damascus sided with Iran in its 1980-88 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Iraq’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Syria also pledged to stem the flow of foreign guerrillas into Iraq and said it had already stopped 70,000 of them, it said.
Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Hamed al-Bayati said he had met a security and diplomatic delegation over the past two days — the first such high-level Syrian visit since U.S. troops toppled Saddam in 2003. He said the delegation included Syria’s future ambassador to Iraq, Mohammed Sayed al-Bunni.
“We discussed bilateral diplomatic relations and they expressed their interest in sending an ambassador as soon as possible,” Bayati told Reuters.
Woo, boy. Nothing like the stabilizing presence of Syria to help the cause.
“They said that they are looking for a secure site for the embassy. Once they find it they could send an ambassador within a week.”
I have an idea. Why don’t you ask the insurgents streaming across your borders what they plan on blowing up, and then don’t put your embassy anywhere near those locations. On second thought, put it close to those locations.
Bayati said that the Syrian delegation had also pledged help in securing the borders which Baghdad and Washington say foreign fighters are crossing to wage attacks in Iraq alongside indigenous Sunni Arab insurgents.
Gee. Thanks. Not that this administration has any room to talk when it comes to porous borders.
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