The New Road

More news from Iraq

Turns out the new Iraqi constitution will exclude Israelis specifically:

"Any individual with another nationality (except for Israel) may obtain Iraqi nationality after a period of residency inside the borders of Iraq of not less than ten years for an Arab or twenty years for any other nationality, as long as he has good character and behavior, and has no criminal judgment against him from the Iraqi authorities during the time of his residency on the territory of the Iraqi republic," the draft says.

Nice.

Apparently Iraqis want us gone... bad.

And, pressure is building in Iraq for U.S. withdrawal. 103 members of the 275 member National Assembly (the Iraqi Parliament) have demanded the adoption of a resolution canceling the request made by the Government to extend the presence of multinational forces, and urging the Government to put “a timetable for the withdrawal of occupation troops” from Iraq.

Even Jessica Simpson has something to say about Iraq. Well, she wants to say it, but she can't. Apparently the networks are censoring her. Damn liberal media not wanting to get out negative stuff about Iraq... Wait a minute...

And last but not least, it turns out we aren't in a war at all. We are in a struggle now. Not a messy war at all. Sharing yet another similarity with Vietnam this reminds me of the Apocalypse Now line; "The shit piled up so fast in Vietnam you needed wings to stay above it."

I think at this point everyone wants to get out of Vietnam... er... Iraq, it's just a question of when. I want it, well, now. I think every day we stay we just shed more blood on both sides and there is no improvement. In fact, the situation just gets worse. The Republican position looks to be starting the exit early next year in time for the 2006 elections. That's nice. It's not about saving lives, or creating a stable situation, it's now just about the American elections.