Despite a heinous terrorist attack designed to cast doubt on the Iraqi government’s ability to provide security, David Ignatius manages to find seeds of optimism in Baghdad;
(My) Iraqi friends were surprisingly upbeat about the future, even after Sunday’s terrible bombings. “In every sector, Iraq is coming back to its normal mode,” said one. “There is no way it will slip back,” insisted the other. I wondered at their confidence on such a day, but that is part of the Iraqi toughness.
Rather than talking about the bombings, we talked politics. My friends sharply criticized the incumbent prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. But as we were debating, one turned to me with a smile: “Here we are talking about who will run the government after the elections. Could you do that in any other country in the Arab world?”
Let’s hope they can keep it.
“Here we are talking about who will run the government after the elections. Could you do that in any other country in the Arab world?”
They seem content with the discussion, why not POTUS?
(question is rhetorical)