Credibility Bukkake

By Cernig

The three great lies: "the check is in the mail", "I'll still respect you in the morning" and "the surge will create the political space for the Iraqi government to work."

From The Telegraph:

Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, left yesterday for the United States for a battery of medical tests aimed at helping the stout leader lose weight, his office announced.

The news came as six US soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad, the US military said.

"I have no health problems except for being overweight and I intend to treat that," Mr Talabani, 74, told a news conference.

This, mind you, while poor Sunni and Shia children are earning $3 a day making bombs for insurgents because their families are so poor and hungry. All Talibani needs to lose weight is to live like most of his countrymen are forced to.

And from the Kuwait Times:

Iraq's vice president said yesterday he opposes a draft law that is key to the future of his country's lucrative oil sector, saying it gives too many concessions to foreign oil companies.

"We disagree with the production sharing agreement," Tariq al-Hashemi told reporters on the sideline of an international conference hosted by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. "We want foreign oil companies, and we have to lure them into Iraq to learn from their expertise and acquire their technology, but we shouldn't give them big privileges," Al-Hashemi said.

And don't forget that this political space is supposed to happen with only 800 murders a month going on.

Now wipe that gunk off your face and get back to cheerleading the Decider Guy!