Rummy Poetry

Been A Long Time

Closer than ever.
Clearly, there's sectarian violence;
people are being killed.
Sunnis are killing Shi'a and
Shi'a are killing Sunnis.
Kurds seem not to be involved.

It's unfortunate, and they need
a reconciliation process. The prime minister's pushing for
a reconciliation process.

There are a couple of other things that are --
oh, how would you characterize it --
things you wish weren't happening.

Does that constitute a
civil war?
I guess you can
decide for yourself,
and
we can all go to the dictionary
and
decide what you want to call something.
But I think,
to me, that
it is not a classic
civil war at this stage.
It is a --
it certainly isn't like our
civil war. It isn't like the
civil war in a number of other countries.

Is it a high level of sectarian violence?
Yes, it is.
And are people being killed?
Yes.
And is it unfortunate?
Yes.