Short Vacation

Juan Cole is reporting that the Iraq parliament managed to dig up (maybe a poor use of terms) enough members to get a quorum, not an easy task, at which time they decided to stay in session for another month. The purpose of the extended session is to reach the necessary political comprises necessary to end the violence.

The Iraqi spokesman, who likely took lessons from Tony Snow, announced optimism that the parliament would be able to reach agreement on issues that they could not agree to over the past four years.

The fact is that the Iraq government is not even working. Key players are either not in the parliament having boycotted the elections, are not able to participate due to fear, or have withdrawn out of disagreement.