It hit me the other day as CNN invaded my mind from the wall in the company cafeteria that there is now peace in Iraq. Now it is not peace as we know it in the west or far east but Shiites and Sunnis fighting all the time is, by defacto definition, peace in the world of Islam. Peace there is not being killed en mass by mustard gas by your dictator, not being invaded from a neighbor, and not being killed off by genocide (see Sudan). Peace there includes the little family argument known as the Sunnis vs. the Shiites much like the family feud in the US once known as the Hatfields and the McCoys. I hope CNN and George W. catch this thread when they visit DP this weekend.
Did CNN really use those words? Peace in Iraq? The first Saddam Hussein verdict is due on 5th Nov and if he gets the death penalty the retaliation by militants in Iraq is expected to be huge. I can't wait to see how the spin doctor's work their magic for the Nov 7th elections.