Sleep in Peace.

Layla Anwar, An Arab Woman Blues

...For those of you who don't know what the Arab summit is, I will give you a brief description. Heads of states, Excellencies, Ambassadors, Royalties, gather every few years to discuss the same agendas except at each Summit, you can be sure that the "Arab condition" has worsened. The reason is quite simple. "They" are either catatonically asleep or in some profound "reverie". Does not really matter, the end result is always the same - No results. A good example was Jalal Talabani, our kurdish peshmerga turned buffoon, the president of the New Iraq. He was in full oneiric vagary himself. Jalal Talabani corpulently collapsed in one of these opulent golden armchairs, flushed rosy cheeks, blushing with puerile excitement at the wonderful developments taking place in Iraq.He stated unequivocally that the "liberation" of Iraq was the "best thing" that happened since the last Arab summi in 2002. His indicators of overall wellness of the Iraqi population rested on the following: - salaries have increased "substantially" from 150 $ to 250 $. Of course he forgot to mention two other indicators, namely over 150% inflation and an unemployement rate around 75%. - there is a democratically elected government and of course he forgot to mention that his government ministries are made up of death squads and torture militias.- that Iraq was now an open market economy and all the signs of an economic boom were looming on the horizon (no joke). And again our buffoon forgot to mention that Iraq is now considered the second most corrupted country in the world after Bangladesh...

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