So, I read in the news the other day that the Iraqi Parliament has decided to take a recess for the entire month of August. Given the state of affairs and the slow rate of progress over there, many Americans are questioning the timing of said recess. This is especially true when you consider that September is a key month when General David Petraeus is scheduled to give his progress report on the troop surge that began earlier this year and to further elaborate on what specific benchmarks the Iraqi’s have achieved during that time and what they still have left to accomplish. When pressed on the matter of the recess, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow offered up the following:
”It’s 130 degrees in Baghdad in August”
As if our troops on the ground wearing a full compliment of combat gear facing death in the form of snipers, IED’s and car bombings on an almost daily basis don’t already know that.
Did you ever hear the one about the Congressman who walks into a bar with a handful of shit and tells the bartender "Would you look at what I stepped in?"
That's how I feel about politics these days.