Is there any chance that things will turn around in Iraq between now and the US general elections in 2008?
The surge seems to be working. The loyal opposition seem to support it, and even say out loud that it is working.
The Iraqi government, we are told, now seems to be the problem. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), among others, wants the Iraqi leader, Prime Minister Maliki, out of office, and right now!
On the other hand, all those Iraqi legislators must be watching that same surge in their own districts. How long does such a sea change take to work its way up to those leaders?
One of the ways our legislators keep track of the mood swings in their home districts is to take time out and go home. That’s where most of them are these days. Curiously enough, the Iraqi legislators are also on a break at the moment.
There are still many days until the 2008 Elections. Maybe that’s enough time for Maliki and friends to get it all together, in a way that is uniquely Iraqi.
Maybe someday Maliki might even find himself helping us find a way to get our legislative system working again.
