Source: CNN
Please note – this is a joke commentary from CNN.
In what many in the international community are calling a bold shift in strategy, Iraq’s National Assembly said today that it would give up its wrangling over a new constitution and would instead attempt to buy one on eBay.
The announcement of the National Assembly’s decision to turn to eBay for its new constitution came at a press conference held by Iraq’s Planning Minister, Barham Saleh. “After much discussion, we have decided to seek a new national charter on eBay,” Saleh said, adding, “I got a wonderful set of mixing bowls there just last week.”
The decision to purchase a new constitution on the popular auction site, while seen as a drastic move by many in Baghdad, may be the only way to break the intractable logjam that has plagued the National Assembly for months.
But in the first day of surfing for constitutions on the eBay site, there were signs that old rivalries were rearing their ugly heads, as Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds fought for control of the computer’s mouse.
After a coalition of Shiites and Kurds agreed to make a bid on a used constitution put up for sale by the tiny nation of Andorra, the Sunnis walked out, plunging the eBay process into chaos. For his part, Mr. Saleh remained upbeat that Iraq would ultimately find its new constitution on eBay, telling reporters, “If for some reason this doesn’t work, we’ll try Amazon.”
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