Iraq: Who Has the Right Plan?

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Originally Posted by 70Chip

Does no one realize that our Congress takes the whole month of August off every year? And the reason they started doing this was because Washington in August is too hot? I agree, the Iraqis need to work harder but the point is somewhat diluted coming from supporters of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid who have done sqaudoosh for the last 6 months and are about to fly off in their government jets to Nantucket or Cape Cod or Bohemian Grove or wherever they go to do whatever it is they do.

I can understand the Iraqi government taking 2 week of vacation, but 4 weeks? To the naked eye it seems politically motivated to whale on the Iraqis for taking that much time off. From a principle standpoint, however, the Iraqi government shouldn't take that much time off. We're taking about people tasked/entrusted with rebuilding their country. Sure, the US congress is taking 5 weeks of vacation but they have the luxury to do so. It's not like our officials are taking a vacation in the middle of 9/11, which is practically what the Iraqi government would be doing.

As for Pelosi and Reid, they are not the ones bitching and moaning about working more hours.