What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Despite the Iraqi constitution's troubling lack of a second amendment, the American military and some Iraqi lawmakers are urging Iraqi citizens to acquire weapons with which to protect their homes and families against the rampant violence in that country. These bands of frightened, undisciplined, poorly trained, heavily armed young men, with only vague organizational ties to the coalition military or the Iraqi state, will be known as "militiasHappy Fun-Time Iraqi Homeland Protection Brigades," and will transform Iraq into a Sweden-style peaceful paradise, pumping out as much oil as a hungry, hungry world can handle.
Iraqi Politicians Urge Citizens to Take Up Arms and Defend Themselves [AP via FOX]