{"id":4546,"date":"2003-08-08T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2003-08-08T17:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2003-08-08T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2003-08-08T17:01:40","slug":"mote_in_the_eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/08\/08\/mote_in_the_eye.html","title":{"rendered":"Mote in the eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arab League has declined to recognize<\/a> the Governing Council in Iraq, at least for the time being.<\/p>\n

Arab League members decided Tuesday not to recognize Iraq’s U.S.-appointed Governing Council, saying they will wait until a government is elected.
\n[…] “The council is a start, but it should pave the way for a legitimate government that can be recognized,” league Secretary-General Amr Moussa said after a committee of foreign ministers met to forge a unified stance on how to deal with Iraq.<\/p>\n

Right. Because the previous regime in Iraq — founded by a bloody coup, of course, but which won most recent elections with, ah, I believe it was 100% of the vote<\/i>, was clearly an “elected” and “legitimate” government.<\/p>\n

As, of course, are all the other members of the Arab League<\/a>. (Or, for that matter, all the member states of the General Assembly of the UN.)<\/p>\n

Granted, I <\/i>wouldn’t necessarily call the Governing Council either elected or even a legitimate government. It’s a transitional administrative body, because, damn, you have to start somewhere<\/i>. <\/p>\n

Still, had the Arab League declared they were holding off on recognizing any government in Iraq until after the dust settles, that would have come across as a lot less snarky (and hypocritical) that this partcular press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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