There's an old saying ...

"God helps those who help themselves." Allah, too, I reckon.

clipped from news.yahoo.com Official: Iraq gov't missed all targets By ANNE FLAHERTY and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON - A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.