(In DC, though, probably not too much.)

After calling al-Sadr a coward for hiding out in Iran (had to get them in there somewhere), Rice got on to praising our good Shiite friend al-Maliki (and brave lion of the desert), kissing Jalal Talibani and then explained that al-Maliki's "government" had to go after all militias. (For "militias" read: The Mehdi army; not the Badr brigade, or the "Sons of Iraq" or anyother militia.)

"The prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do with, you know, arms belonging to the state, not to -- not in private hands."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080420...

Arms belonging to the state, not in "private hands."

Hmmm...what does the second amendment say: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" . . . yadee, yadee.

I thought everyone being armed was a prerequsite for a democratic state; espeically one we've spent five years, 4000 dead and about a trillion dollars to force into being.