TALKS BETWEEN U.S. AND IRAQ ARE AT AN IMPASSE

Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is so out of touch with what is going on in Iraq it borders on senility.

It doesn't mean a damn thing how many "victories" the "surge" is bringing when the U.S. and the Iraqi government can't come to terms on how long U.S. troops should be in Iraq.

This whole mess just keeps getting worse, and the the horrible and pathetic excuse for journalism called the mainstream media in the United States are as much to blame as anyone for misleading the American public and in turning sellout the 160,000 troops in Iraq.

There is not a single reporter in the news business in the United States who has a clue what is going on in Iraq. Not one.

All these meatheads care about is what McCain said about Obama or what Obama said about McCain and mean while while they fiddle around with the mundane topics not even suited for a high school newspaper, the situation in Iraq with the Iraqi government is going from bad to worse.

How in GOD's name these so-called "journalists" can collect a paycheck is beyond this blogger when they wouldn't know a news story if it hit them right between the eyeballs.

The ENTIRE press corps in the United States is a total joke and it is no wonder newspaper circulation is plummeting and nightly news is a laugh while cable news sinks deeper and deeper into tabloidism of the worst kind.

COMMENTARY BY BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE AND RETIRED REPORTER AND COLUMNIST.


Iraqi PM says security talks with US at impasse

By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on a long-term security pact are at an impasse over objections that Iraq's sovereignty is at stake, but he held out hope that negotiators could still reach a compromise.

In his strongest comments yet on the debate, Nouri al-Maliki echoed concern by Iraqi lawmakers that the opening U.S. proposals would give Washington too much political and military leverage on Iraqi affairs. He left open room, however, that a deal could be hammered out.

"The first drafts presented left us at a dead end and deadlock," he told reporters in Amman, Jordan. "So, we left these first drafts and the negotiations will continue with new ideas until the sides reach a formula that preserves Iraq's sovereignty.

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