Back in September, Deborah Pryce (R-OH-15) claimed that Iraq isn't "broken." Perhaps, she can explain how this report means that Iraq is "fixed" or at least not "broken"

The British consulate in Basra will evacuate its heavily defended building in the next 24 hours over concerns for the safety of its staff.

Despite a large British military presence at the headquarters in Basra Palace, a private security assessment has advised the consul general and her staff to leave the building after experiencing regular mortar attacks in the last two months.

If Deborah, doesn't want to talk about what the British are doing in Iraq, maybe she'd like to explain how losing track of weapons purchased with U.S. tax payer money isn't an example of Iraq being "broken" (or how if it's "our money" when it comes to cutting taxes for the super wealthy, why isn't it "our money" when it comes to keeping track of how it's spent?).

The U.S. military can't account for hundreds of thousands of weapons purchased to arm some 325,500 Iraqi security forces by December, according to a new report.

Of course, Deborah hasn't been talking about Iraq much on the old campaign trial so maybe she'd like to talk about the minimum wage? Or maybe she'd like to talk about cutting financial aid for college students?
posted by Idle Crank at 10/31/2006 01:32:00 AM