Dickey--

Maliki's is not an easy job- may well be impossible.

As I've said before, we'll probably never see "Iraq" as before 1990--any more than we'll see Yugoslavia. "Kurdistan" is as good as gone.

But the reason for the situation is not far to seek--it's your boy Bush's tragic stupid war. And don't bother with your tired accusations of sympathy for Saddam. I've said before we should have supported internal Iraqi moves to kill him.