AIPAC greets Al-Maliki

For anyone doubting the general lack of political insight of our current congressional leaders, take a look at this nice item detailing the response of AIPAC *Democrats* to the new Iraqi PM's recent trip to Washington. Nuri al-Maliki is a member of the Dawa party, which itself has a rather checkered past. That anyone in Washington would expect a chief representative of Dawa to condemn Hizbullah shows either a contemptuous arrogance or a profound lack of historical awareness--which is not to say that some combination of the two isn't possible. In fact, these traits are probably mutually reinforcing....