are they kidding?

america is losing patience with the iraqis because they won't get their shit together. how's that for hypocrisy? it seems that the american government wants the iraqis to get it together before november elections so that they don't have that issue as an issue. no matter that 1) we are the ones who invaded them. 2) it took america several years to get the constitution in place here and several more years before we didn't rely on france for protection. let's get real. we invade the middle east where the antiquated, religious notions persist and people have been killing each other over the same piece of sand for millenia- and expect that there will be some miraculous epiphany on the part of the islamic world to become a democratic society. all within one presidential term. at least bush is being partially honest when he says that america will be in iraq long after he is gone. i just hope that america doesn't become a country with antiquated, religious notions that completely erode the freedoms that we have left.