Our clock seems a little slow
Well, now. Bush & Co. seem to have gone off and ruined David's work on his fancy countdown clock.
Iraq became a sovereign country on Monday, 15 months after the United States led a coalition to oust Saddam Hussein from power and two days before the June 30 deadline for control to be turned over to the interim Iraqi government.I got up this morning just in time to hear Chucky-boy Schumer tell Fox News that it was a bold and decisive move. Naturally, I turned it off before I could hear the "but...""This is a historical day," Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (search) said. "We feel we are capable of controlling the security situation."
In a swearing-in ceremony, the coalition officially transferred power to the new Iraqi government.
