Messy situations.

The mess in the Middle East just gets messier by the hour does it not?
The absurdity of the notion that democracy and freedom for all can be forced upon the region, either by force or any other way, is highlighted daily for those who are paying any sort of attention.

One highlight of that for me was watching this sleazoid Iraqi National Security Advisor on the news Hour last evening. He made my skin crawl, mainly for his western trained PR throw away lines like this:

“ MOWAFFAK AL-RUBAIE: My message was to all people in Capitol Hill that, look, we are walking the last mile in here. And this is a marathon. We have reached to the end. And we can see the success. And we can feel it. Don't pull the rug from underneath us. Don't let us -- we need your helping hand. We need the U.S. support for Iraq to get there to the finishing line. And we're almost there. Don't abort. You can't have a baby in three months' time. You need that full nine months to get a mature baby. And so we need your continued support and help to get to the finishing line.”

There is more there like that in the interview. I’m sure I could see Margaret Warner’s skin crawling too, especially after the abort analogy. Read or listen to the whole interview, no way these blokes in power in Iraq intend democracy or anything close to it, it’s about the west keeping them in power for reasons that do not justify the deaths on all sides.

Then we have this little revelation on Afghanistan, it’s about time some one in NATO had the guts to tell it like it is, the fact it’s the top guy should have some sway????

For local content: Our little messy road pales in comparison for sure.

The council workers are working diligently to clear the roads, ice blockages etc.; the sun is helping too, plenty of that today sure. Our road seems to hold the snow a lot better than other roads around town; it’s always about the last place to clear of snow no matter what efforts are made.

Update: The power of the blogespher, just kidding. Just minutes after I took the photo left the bulldozer did a cut up the road, got rid of those puddles, the first pickup this way is not far behind.