Maybe it will not be civil war after all.
"Last night [at] the meeting between the different political parties, we agreed on some important points that might cool things down, like promises not to attack mosques,'' says Saleh al-Mutlak, a leader of the main Sunni front in parliament. "The general environment was not that bad, they are listening now, [the] Shiites know the civil war will hurt everybody including themselves."
"Everyone believes that the prospect for a civil war has diminished significantly in the course of the last several days, and that's clearly a good thing,'' US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters in a conference call on Saturday.
But watch out for the rule of unintended consequences. How far will Al-Sadr's star rise?
Maybe, maybe not: Iraqi forces capture Zarqawi aide.
The Saudis are reporting progress too: Saudi forces kill suspected militants after siege.
And Yemen Executes Islamic Militant.
Perhaps we are making more progress in the war on terror than it seems with the bloody mist that clouds our vision. Perhaps the rest of the world realizes that the violent loose cannons on the world's decks can offer nothing but panic and chaos and need to be dealt with swiftly. Perhaps every cloud has a silver lining...until it doesn't.
Oh! Come on, Bill! Have you been hangin' with the democrats?
