Buried stories of the week

I'm not sure what the arming of Sunni militias is supposed to accomplish, other than infuriating al-Maliki:

The prime minister has complained to President Bush about the policy of arming Sunnis, said the Sadrist lawmaker.

"He told Bush that if Petraeus continues doing that, he would arm Shiite militias. Bush told al-Maliki to calm down," according to this parliament member, who said he was told of the exchange by al-Maliki.

This policy has turned Maliki against Petraeus and compelled Maliki to demand U. S. withdrawal. And it also seems to be a clear indication by the Bush administration that they have no faith in Iraqi forces, and that they are desperate for anything to stem the violence.

Meanwhile, a third country may be on the brink of going nuclear under dubya's watch. The always reliable Microdot, reporting from France, tells us what the U. S. press has failed to about Bush's right wing comrade Sarkozy and how he is paying off Libya for releasing 6 Bulgarian health worker who had been more or less kidnapped by the terrorist regime:

Khadafy got his 450 million dollar ransom, though I would think that most of it was accounting magic. A lot of Libya's debt will be forgiven.
France on the other hand was doing a lot more than getting hostages released. Now that Libya is allowed to become a part of the civilized world and relationships are normalized, Sarkozy was representing the big French Corporations and negotiated a deal for a new major French built Autoroute and surprise! France is going to build a nuclear plant for Libya. It's a "safe, nice" nuclear plant to be used only for the desalinization of water.

Nah, that won't encourage other rogue regimes to kidnap Westerners in hopes of getting a big payday.

Things seem to be going from bad to worse.