This is actually a pretty depressing statement from Allawi and Co

This is actually a pretty depressing statement from Allawi and Co., since it sounds like something Paul Bremer would announce in both substance and tone and in its sleight-of-hand duplicity. Not that I’m surprised, but it would have been nice if the New Puppets would have come up with some actually constructive move to do something decent for the mbt sport 2is. Wouldn’t it be a smarter move to have the New Puppets fix up the horrible children’s hospitals or something?

Under the agreement, most of the militias are to be phased out by 2005, in a countrywide program worth about $200 million.

The militias who signed up would be treated as army veterans – eligible for nike shox benefits, including pensions and job placement programs, depending on their service, according to coalition officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.