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...shame there's no Arabic word for Duh! because that word would perfectly sum up the Iraqi reaction to the conclusions in the Iraq Study Group report. Nobody living in this country needs a high-powered bipartisan Washington committee to tell them that (a) the situation is "grave and dangerous"; (b) there's no "magic bullet" solution; (c) talking to Iran and Syria is the smart thing to do; and (d) the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki isn't up to scratch...
Most of the men decided to become Santa just because they liked the idea; about 40% got hooked when relatives or co-workers asked them to do the honors at a party or event. One reason they stayed with it is the excited reaction from kids, even when off duty or off season...
...first two times you tell it, you’ll get a great reaction,” said comedian Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08. “The third or fourth time, it’s maybe not as good because you haven’t rehearsed it enough yet so that it sounds unrehearsed...
...some of its critics allege, perhaps even its orders) from Tehran. U.S. officials have been pressing the Iraqi government to disarm such militias. The President brought up that suggestion at his breakfast meeting with al-Maliki in Jordan, only to be swiftly rebuffed. And that's exactly the reaction Bush is likely to have gotten from al-Hakim...
...them. Ignoring the previous day's discourtesy, Bush declared al-Maliki "the right guy for Iraq," a thumbs-up that did nothing for the Prime Minister's credibility at home, where an endorsement from the U.S. President may be the kiss of death. Bush then offered his first official reaction to the Baker-Hamilton proposals. "There's a lot of speculation that these reports in Washington mean there's going to be some kind of graceful exit out of Iraq. We're going to stay in Iraq to get the job done, so long as the government wants us there...