Dale Carnegie He Ain't

We have so many loose cannons in our diplomatic corps--starting with the mother of all loose cannons, John Bolton--that this isn't at all surprising. Yet you have to wonder how someone who sucks at diplomacy ever got to be a diplomat. Wait, I know--Khalilzad is an oilman (Unocal) from way back and a Bush crony. Dubya and crew may be as crooked as an elephant's dick, but at least they're consistently crooked.

Iraq PM bristles at U.S. warnings - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq’s Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari angrily dismissed on Tuesday U.S. warnings to shun sectarianism in the country’s new government, saying Iraqis would not accept interference in their affairs.

Speaking after talks with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who echoed the U.S. call for a government of national unity in Iraq, the normally calm and diplomatic Jaafari said Iraq knew its own best interests.

“When someone asks us whether we want a sectarian government the answer is ’no we do not want a sectarian government’ — not because the U.S. ambassador says so or issues a warning,” he told a news conference.

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