In a message dated 7/31/07 11:12:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Parliament headed into a monthlong summer recess on Monday, halting work despite calls from the United States and the prime minister for lawmakers to shorten their break to push through important legislation. The decision to take off the month of August almost surely eliminates hopes that the 275-member Council of Representatives will pass laws sought by American officials as evidence that the country is making progress toward stability...p The Iraqi Parliament was originally scheduled for a two month recess. They shortened it to one month, the same amount of time our Congress takes off each summer to "listen" to their constituents at home. Rome wasn't built in a day and it took over a hundred years for us to guarantee the rights of freed slaves and give women the right to vote. The surge as you said earlier was meant to give the Iraqi government and it's people more security and breathing room. It has just been in place and effect a couple of months and showing promise but that is not enough for those that called it a failure before it ever started, for political purposes. The Democrats have set them selves up that they need it to fail to stay in power. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
