Score One for the Rule of Law

In this corner, we have the surge — the idea of which was to provide security so the Shiite Maliki government and Iraqi Sunnis could have “breathing room” to back the country away from the sectarian abyss. And in the other corner, the Maliki government lets Shiite mass murderers walk because they only kidnapped and slaughtered Sunnis. Your tax dollars help pay their salaries, and your sons and daughters give their lives to protect them. The Washington Post brings us this bitter detail:

The case was heard at the multimillion-dollar Rule of Law Complex, protected and supervised by the United States, which has said that the development of an impartial justice system is essential to Iraq’s long-term stability.