The Rumor Mill

Rumor has it that the US is about to make two major moves in Iraq. First, the US plans to release Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi Foreign Minister on the condition that he will negotiate with the US as a representative of former Baathists (Saddam loyalists). Second, apparently Condi Rice has told the leaders of the Iraqi insurgency that the US will negotiate with them at any time. If true, both these options show how far our position has degraded in Iraq. Negotiations with insurgents, let alon Tariq Aziz -- he of the Anti American one liner -- would never have been discussed pre election.

More news as event warrant.