JULES CRITTENDEN: "Sixty-one years after the end of World War II, Japan is on the verge of becoming a mature, responsible democracy."These things take time.
Of course they do! Geez, patience people! What's all the fuss about?
"More than 125 people have been killed just in Baghdad over the past four days, underscoring both the randomness and persistence of violence that has convinced many Iraqis that the country is already in the throes of a low-level civil war."
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"More than a dozen bombings killed about 60 people in Iraq on Tuesday, part of a recent surge in violence that prompted legislators to ask the government to explain why its security plan for the capital is failing."
*"At least 25 people were killed and 38 others wounded on Monday in two car bombs blasts in a Baghdad area known as a stronghold of Shi'ite militia fighters. The explosions occurred a day after gunmen stormed through a Sunni area and killed over 40 in a dramatic escalation of sectarian violence in the city."
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"A spate of bombings in Iraq on Monday followed a bloody weekend of sectarian violence. At least one car bomb exploded in a Shiite Muslim section of eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing five people and wounding 46, Iraqi police said. Three other bombs in the capital left 30 people hurt. A roadside bomb wounded five people when it detonated near an Iraqi police patrol close to Mustansariya University -- also in the eastern part of the city. At midday, another roadside bomb exploded near a gas station in the Mahmoudiya area, wounding 10 people, police said. A short time later, a bomb blew up in a popular shopping area along central Baghdad's al-Rasheed Street, wounding 15 people, police said. The attack was near Baghdad's central bank."
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"Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told parliament that a national reconciliation plan he has promoted was Iraq's "last chance" to stem the violence. "If it fails, I don't know what the destiny of Iraq will be," he said."
What's he worried about? These things take time.
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