Not Surprising

If you think about our own democratic experience, particularly in this overly charged past five years, this quote out of Iraq is not altogether surprising:

"Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things." ADNAN PACHACHI, the former Iraqi foreign minister and current Parliament member, on talks about sectarian violence.

And I thought the W, Rove and Co would bring their "I'm a Uniter, not a divider" exeprtise to Iraq too? Oops, I guess they did.