Jihadi Du Jour: Iraq's Leader Says Campaign Will Make Baghdad Safer

Arms control:

In a speech on military issues, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said a new Baghdad security plan has gone through several revisions and is now ready.

Mr. Maliki said the goal of the plan is to protect the Iraqi people and to ensure that weapons are in the hands of government forces, not militias, regardless of their sectarian or political affiliation. He said Iraq's armed forces will not permit anyone to act as a replacement to the democratically elected sovereign government.

The prime minister's announcement follows reports from Washington that President Bush will be sending more U.S. troops to Iraq. The president is expected to outline that plan publicly sometime in the coming week.

In his remarks Saturday, Prime Minister Maliki also responded to criticism that followed the execution of Saddam Hussein.

Mr. Maliki said Saddam got a fair trial, something he denied to most of the people put to death during his rule. The prime minister called the execution an internal matter and urged foreign governments to stop meddling in Iraqi affairs.

Good enough for me but obviously not for this guy!

He’s hanged, mid-prayer and the taunts continue.

So, within a few moments, one of the world’s most reviled despots became a martyr, showing more dignity than any “official” in the room.

Bush, who slept through the execution (Surprise!) but later issued a statement praising the Iraqi government reacted to the new “Ox-Bow Incident” taint by doing what he does best. Pulling a Sergeant Shultz, he essentially proffered an “I know nussink” response.

Nouri al-Maliki’s government began to tap dance so feverishly, it resembled Gregory Hines on speed.

Thanks Ed. I did a bit of dancing too.

I post this in awe of the seeming embracing of a madman. These people are so distraught over the way the execution was handled that they lose sight of the executed, painting his gallow demeanor "dignified" and somehow "honorable". This ignorant embrace seeks to overshadow the lives and safety of the millions who USED TO BE under the threat of the man dangling in that cellphone video.

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