Iraqi Political Kabuki: Toga Party and Sweet Tea and Hot Toddy in Baghdad and Tehran and Riyadh………….
Jalal Talibani, meeting with General Odierno, said he is confident that politicians will reach a satisfactory solution. Talibani sips thick sweet tea, Odierno wishes he could have a beer……….
al-Maliki discusses the situation with the Japanese ambassador. The Japanese ambassador wonders what makes these people tick …..
Ayad Allawi discusses the developments in Iraq with Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Mubarak wishes he were back in Germany……….
Allawi meets Arab League chief, asks the League to talk to the UN Security Council to expedite the political process in Iraq (but not in Saudi Arabia because there is no political process there)…….
Allawi throws a toga party at his house in Amman: many attend , many more do not attend. The sweet thick tea flows freely……
Head of the political office of the Sadr Movement meets with the Japanese ambassador. The Japanese ambassador wonders what makes these people tick……
Muqtada al-Sadr broods in Qom, studies some more, broods again. No tea for him today……..
Al-Maliki to an American delegation: “we will not allow outside agendas to expropriate the political will of the Iraqi people”. American delegation takes many notes, scribbling furiously………
Al-Hakeem meets with al-Iraqiya delegation, they sip a lot of thick sweet tea, smile. A lot of tea slurping………
Adel Abdelmahdi meets with Masoud Barzani in Kurdistan, they drink more sweet tea……….
Al-Jaafari meets with somebody. They also sip more sweet tea……… Deputy foreign minister meets with Canadian ambassador (bleached white blonde), to discuss cooperation, and the political process……
Al-Iraqiya deputies meet tie-less with Ahmadinejad in Tehran, sip more sweet thick tea (one of them has a hot toddy)…………..
Sadrist delegation meets with Saudi potentates, eye each other across 1400+ year divide, drink Arabic coffee (one prince drinks hot toddy secretly)…….
Al-Hashimi meets with al-Zawahiri in Waziristan to the sound of a distant Salafi chant in the background. No tea, no nothing……
Al-Mutlak meets with Austrian ambassador, reminds him that Iraqis of al-Anbar have had a warm spot for the Fuhrer since April 1941. Ambassador squirms, and they sip more thick sweet tea…….
They all meet with the ghost of Saddam Hussein al-Takriti (his official name until early 1970s).
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