Quick learner

Link:
"In an exclusive interview with the Guardian in Baghdad - his first since Condoleezza Rice and Jack Straw pleaded with him and his rivals for an immediate agreement to prevent a slide to civil war - Ibrahim Jaafari insisted he would continue to carry out his duties.
"I heard their points of view even though I disagree with them," he said, referring to Ms Rice and Mr Straw's hectic arm-twisting visit to the Iraqi capital which ended on Monday."

Looks like the un-enlightened "natives" are quickly picking up UK-style democracy! The Blair-style mantra: "yes I understand what you are saying but I don't want to resign."
They'll be selling peerages anytime now...