Iraq translators are quitting

Very bad news for the Coalition, as Juan Cole points out.

Honestly, things are not going well, WH propaganda attempts notwithstanding.

And they are not going to get better.

I got this terse reply from a fellow with whom I correspond who is stationed in Balad, about 40 miles north of Baghdad, when I sent him word that the Coalition had decided in its great force-democracy-upon-Iraq wisdom to cut off the food supply system come January:

"Aren't we going to have fun here then?"

Yeah.

And what is Bremer's reasoning?

From the Guardian:

A more substantial assault on Saddam's legacy is under way in the Republican Palace, where the occupation authority is making preparations to dismantle the food distribution system which gave free rations of flour, rice, cooking oil and other staples to every Iraqi.

Described by the UN as the world's most efficient food network, the system still keeps Iraqis from going hungry. But the US civilian administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, views it as a dangerous socialist anachronism. The coalition provisional authority (CPA) is planning to abolish it in January, despite warnings from its own technical experts that this could lead to hunger and riots. (emphasis mine)

....do what you want, you sorry freakin' fools....you will anyway...