Bush Anticipates Selection in Next Two Weeks of Iraqi Government's Leaders

[papau]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAYSHFQFUD.html

Bush Anticipates Selection in Next Two Weeks of Iraqi Government's Leaders
By Scott Lindlaw
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Wednesday he anticipates the selection in the next two weeks of the president and top ministers of the Iraqi government that is to gain power on June 30.<snip>

"I anticipate in the next couple of weeks, decisions will be made toward who will be the president and the vice presidents, as well as the prime minister and other ministers (note to reader -Eleven Iraqi ministries are now run by Iraqi citizens - and Bush is quite proud of this)," Bush told reporters at the end of a Cabinet meeting. <snip>

Bush said he had briefed the Cabinet on plans by U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to give that government shape.

The president also said Secretary of State Colin Powell is in the process of consulting with U.N. Security Council members on a resolution that "will embrace the new interim government and the need to provide security so that free elections will happen as promised to the Iraqi people." <snip>

[gatorboy]

1. Ahhh, he's got all the time in the world! :D

Take your time, chimpy!

[Tempest]

2. And two weeks later...

We can anticipate the assassination attempts on the new leader's lives.

[gatorboy]

4. Seriously, who would want that job???

And with Bush's approval as a bonus!

[Tempest]

7. Bush's approval = kiss of death

Both political and your life.

Just ask Anzar, Blair, Howard, Berlusconi and Saleem.

[Barrett808]

13. Got a death wish? Join the interim government!

Gives "interim" a whole new meaning.

[denverbill]

3. Why not let the Supreme Court select them?

I hear they've got some experience.

[Manix]

5. The new boss of Iraq, John Negroponte, has already been picked.

[maddezmom]

6. Yes, bush* loves and anticipates the "selection" process

whether at home or abroad. :eyes:

[billybob537]

8. Don't want to name them too early

They'll all be dead by Jun. 30.
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Neshanic]

9. Duck, duck.....Goose! You're it!

[Betty]

10. Selection being the operative word

well, we don't have a democracy any more, why should they want one?

[saigon68]

11. ITS THE PUPPET SHOW

Who's Punch


Who's Judy


Who's SOON TO BE DEAD

LOL

[htuttle]

16. "Waiting for Diem"

Act One:

A country road. A tree.


Evening.

Estragon, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his boot. He pulls at it with both hands, panting. He gives up, exhausted, rests, tries again.
As before.
Enter Vladimir.

ESTRAGON: (giving up again). Nothing to be done.

VLADIMIR:
(advancing with short, stiff strides, legs wide apart). I'm beginning to come round to that opinion. All my life I've tried to put it from me, saying Vladimir, be reasonable, you haven't yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle. (He broods, musing on the struggle. Turning to Estragon.) So there you are again.
...

[saigon68]

18. OUR MAN IN BAGHDAD WILL BE ALONG SOON

Hey-- I've seen this play before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UpInArms]

12. the sound of democracy in action!

"selection in the next two weeks of the president and top ministers of the Iraqi government"

I'm just certain that these "selected" people will be the exact choices of the majority of Iraqis.

:puke:

[htuttle]

14. "decisions will be made..."

"...toward who will be the president and the vice presidents"

'Decisions will be made'?

By whom? Will these 'decisions' make themselves?

Is the point of all this passive voice construction to avoid responsibility? I think so...

[daleo]

15. They are picking out their shrouds and coffins now

I wonder where Chalabi will fit in.

[sofa king]

17. What job is Nick Berg's buddy Aziz Taee going to get?