Oh Vunderbar, lets him and him fight (again)
Picking on that bastion of high-minded reportage ... el WaPo, we have in today's copy this
US-appointed interim Iraqi Defence Minister-Puppet Hazim al-Shaalan warned of invading Iran if it did not stop interfering in his country's internal politics. "I've seen clear interference in Iraqi issues by Iran," the Minister-Puppet said in an interview with The Washington Post in Baghdad on Monday.
So, what country offered to hold Muqtada al Sadr in safe keeping until a real Iraqi court could try him for the offenses charged (murder 1), effectively ending in mid-April the Seige of Fallujah, in the full light of day, and paid for it with the assassination of a senior member of its diplomatic staff in Baghdad? Even the Texas Daily Online carried that story, but not a mention from our heros at the incomperably upmarket WaPo. The answer is worth 50 US KIA, and 250 US wounded, and half the butcher's bill among the hostiles and the collateralized civilians.
What country has been targeted by several thousand irregular forces stationed in Iraq, and now temporarily held in Camp Ashraf? As recently as a week ago David Ignatz wrote about this in the WaPo. Again, no corrolation from our brave heros at the incomperably upmarket WaPo.
What country has been openly putting money and intelligence operatives in Iraq since the Fall of Baghdad, South, Central, and North? Hardly a state secret, and again, no corrolation from our brave heros at the incomperably upmarket WaPo.
Note: The hyphenation "-Puppet" did not actually appear in the original WaPo copy.
Note also: Any blogger who can prove that s/he has pied (or poured a drink on) any WaPo gliteratti in the next five days either in the Fleet or at a hospitality gig wins a year of hosting at Wampum's facility in Bangor, Maine. Cream is preferred, but key lime will also do just fine. We'll pick up the tab on the pie too.