CLEVER MONKEY OF THE MONTH

Ammar al-Hakim:

For Blaming U. S. Troops For Abuse When He Was Detained
While Returning From Iran

What does the son of the leading Shiite politician in Iraq do when he’s caught, slipping back across the border from Iran with his bodyguards and loads of weapons, especially when he behaves suspiciously and is arrested? What else, if he’s a clever monkey?

He attacks U. S. troops for what he calls abuse.

"There is no excuse for what happened," he said. "It shouldn't happen to anyone in the future."

What a piece of bravado, especially since, when his identity was revealed, he was released and our ambassador to Iraq apologized for the incident.

He might have, with better judgment, thanked the Iraqi and American troops for doing their best to protect his country?

Yet, clever though he was, the question still lingers? What exactly was he doing in Iran?

As we sometimes say about Iraq and Iran, it's getting harder to Shia the difference.

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