There is something deeply ironic about George W. Bush of all people chiding the Iraqi government for a lack of maturity. This comes from a guy with a penchant for childish nicknames (”Turd Blossom” Rove, “Kennie Boy” Lay, and the infamous “You’re doin’ a heckofa job, Brownie” re FEMA’s Michael Brown), who gives unwelcome surprise shoulder rubs to the woman who is Chancellor of Germany (”Gotcha!), and who, four years ago, must have thought of the men and women who would invade and occupy Iraq as toy soldiers rather than flesh and blood sons and daughters, moms and dads, brothers and sisters and friends and neighbors who, with the Iraqi people, who would suffer the direst consequences of the immature decisions of the Decider. Yes, the Iraqi government suffers from a lack of a lot of qualities, but I wouldn’t put ‘maturity’ high on the list. Our own leader may have cornered that market.
— Posted by P. Bosley Slogthrop