8-6-2014 *Adam Montana

[Vixen]

8-6-2014 *Adam Montana ~right now it looks like the 8th is still a solid day to see some news. There are signs that Maliki is doing exactly what I thought he might have to do, which is give in to the Sunnis a bit. One example is lending support to the Peshmerga (Kurdish soldiers) in resisting ISIS. Speaking of ISIS, they are still a problem and in my opinion we have two things that need to be taken care of before we will see Iraq move to the HCL (necessary to support an RV)" 1. They need to seat an official PM, be it Maliki or Ronald McDonald. It doesn't matter who, just put someone there officially and move on. 2. Handle the situation with ISIS. The IS is an evil entity, and must be vanquished or at least mostly expelled before any further progress can be made in Iraq. It does appear that Iran is stepping in to help Iraq, but they are doing so in order to influence the political process. Either way, controlling the situation is of dire importance, and I hope to see that happening in short order. The new President of Iraq had made some pretty strong comments about "stepping down" if he was forced to pick a PM (which he should do according to the Constitution), but that talk seems to have subsided and it will be interesting to see how this week progresses politically. I will wait until Thursday to make further comments.