Stealth Handover

It was sad to see the transition to new government in Iraq occur in secret, two days before the scheduled occasion. This humiliation was caused by fears that the 'insurgents' might disrupt the affair or use it as a focus of further violence. I was reminded of Cheney's admonition to us, prior to the invasion, that Iraqi citizens would pave their streets with flowers in gratitude for ......what is it now we were supposed to do, and supposed to have finished over a year ago? Perhaps his lack of prescience is the reason he is cursing Senators and being booed at baseball games. Now the rebulding begins.The Spectator.co.uk