Picture of the Day - 2

In this frame grab from an undated video released by the Iraqi government on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, Iraq's Sunni vice president Tariq al-Hashemi visits prison inmates, as he promises them better treatment, during a visit to the crowded prison in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Many of the prisoners, who were jammed into open wire cages covered with tarps, shouted out complaints of mistreatment and prolonged detentions. Tariq al-Hashemi, whose Iraqi Islamic Party is the moderate third of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, said his group is working to improve conditions for the inmates and to free the innocent. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)

Why this matters: Maliki is now trying to pry off Hashemi's "moderate" Sunni party to give his government legitimacy after the Sunni walkout. So, Hashemi makes a highly promoted visit (promoted by the Maliki government,) and will soon get credited with some kind of improvements.

I think that by now the Sunnis are smarter than this.