The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.
Corruption in the entire region is rampant. In Iraq under Saddam it was a way of life. What simpleton thought we'd erase corruption in Iraq at a stroke of the pen?
I've been writing for some time that in time, when the armed threats to Iraq are tamed, that corruption and the fight for rule of law will be a key fight to cement democracy in Iraq.
How can these guys think that it was more important to fight our admittedly somewhat corrupt allies instead of the armed enemies? Some problems are more serious than others and head loppers and car bombers are more of a threat than those with their hands in the till.
That we can afford to worry more about the corruption is a sign of progress against the armed threats to Iraq.
Could you guys come up with a halfway decent plastic turkey issue? I'm bored with this one already.
Work the problems. Don't look for excuses to surrender.
