tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post2751770515004946812..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: New Iraqi Government Expected By Early 2011Joel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-66348027248225520182010-11-24T18:55:20.353-08:002010-11-24T18:55:20.353-08:00Steve
I would doubt any unnamed source in an Iraq...Steve<br /><br />I would doubt any unnamed source in an Iraqi paper. How many times did you hear that a government was going to be formed in just a few days in the last 8 months? <br /><br />From what I've read there's some idea about how many ministries each list will get, but nothing on which ones will go to who. Maliki didn't even ask for lists to submit their candidates until yesterday. It would be an unbelievable change of pace if the politicians had sorted all the posts in just one day. <br /><br />As for the 30 days, when has there ever been an important deadline that Iraq actually met on time?Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-91329264718864716472010-11-24T18:34:42.476-08:002010-11-24T18:34:42.476-08:00Baghdad (news) .. revealed a source close to the c...Baghdad (news) .. revealed a source close to the cycle of ongoing dialogues between the powers and blocs of political negotiations on the political forces on the distribution of government posts will be launched next Friday. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous (for the Agency by news) announced today that all parties have agreed that the primitive dialogues on cabinet posts after that are assigned to the National Alliance candidate for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki officially.<br /><br />http://www.ikhnews.com/news.php?action=view&id=4793<br /><br />I think it will take much less time. Most of the posts have been already agreed on. The government had to be formed by the 26th, 30 days after he was official designated as the winner of the election. What am I missing?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07064738099964011128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-15555965958344425132010-11-24T15:34:06.273-08:002010-11-24T15:34:06.273-08:00Don,
Im not sure taking more time is going to fix...Don,<br /><br />Im not sure taking more time is going to fix the running of the ministries. Each will just become the new fief of whatever political party runs it. The Sadrists for example want service ministries so that they can dole them out to their followers. The other parties will run them in a similar way, probably kicking out all the old employees and filling it with their followers for patronage.Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-37557363150704532422010-11-24T12:58:09.859-08:002010-11-24T12:58:09.859-08:00Although it seems to be taking for ever, the relat...Although it seems to be taking for ever, the relationships between the various groups in Iraq is in fact the country's biggest problem. It is probably right that the politicians should spend their time sorting this out, to find a way of getting along without violence, before tackling things like electricity and water.<br /><br />Because if the relationships are not worked out, the services will be allocated to whichever group "owns" each ministry, and other groups will be neglected.Don Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232752398252841794noreply@blogger.com