Monday, August 15, 2005

Delay

I suppose it's probably better in some sense to delay 7 days than to reboot the whole elections process, but as Juan Cole explains this delay is actually illegal accordinging to the Transitional Administrative Law.


They could've legally asked for an extension before August 1, but the Bushies pressured them not to. So, for the sake of domestic politics the Iraqi government is now apparently having to break the law.