Press and Theatre of the Absurd: I mean, Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play, O, Tree Climber was considered a good representation of the theatre of the absurd. But when it comes to Iraq, what I read is Press of the Absurd, and Claims of the Absurd. I was just reading an interview with Jalal Talbani in Al-Hayat. He of course takes a different view of Syria than his Minister of Defense, but he did admit that every minister in Iraq seems to have his (the women are not given key ministries) own foreign policy. But what attracted my attention is this: he was making the point, which I encounter on Fox News too, that there is no problem in Iraq, but that the press only focuses on the negative. And then he said this: "In Iraq there are 14 quiet governorates, with the exception of terrorist infiltration operations." But at least Talbani, who kissed Saddam and hugged him much more than Galloway, also said: "There are two kind of terrorists: invaders coming from Al-Qa`idah and Zarqawi and others, and then there are Iraqis carrying arms against the current government and against the Americans. Those are two segments: the remnants of Saddam Husayn's regime, and the forces that think that resistance against the Americans with arms is better than political resistance. I do not deny that."