What the heck is going on in Iraq?

Remember Iraq?
Elections were held there, get this, way back in March and a government is yet to be formed.
Meanwhile, there is a "timetable" for the US to start troop withdrawal beginning on August 31st.  Yes, in two months.   Apparently the Iraqi officials are concerned that the US is only interested in getting out, and nothing else.
Where do things stand as of now? 

Efforts to resolve Iraq's government conflict remained deadlocked this week nearly four months after the parliamentary elections that produced inconclusive results.
The lingering dispute over who should be the country's next prime minister has even deepened as rival factions blame and accuse each other of inviting foreign intervention into Iraq's political crisis.
None of Iraq's main political groups won a clear majority in the 7 March vote. The new 325-seat legislature has met only once and even failed to elect a speaker.

So?

Insurgents have sought to exploit the political vacuum since the election with bombings and assassinations, trying to reignite the sectarian violence that swept Iraq after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and which peaked in 2006/07.
The longer it takes to agree on a coalition government the longer it will take to pass economic reforms needed for investment in sectors outside the oil industry, and for the economic development needed to make taking up arms less attractive to disgruntled Iraqis.
Further delays also threaten to thwart U.S. plans to end combat operations in August ahead of a full U.S. military withdrawal in 2011, especially if violence spikes.

Quite a summer the US is going to have: Iraq, Afghanistan, the Gulf of Mexico, discouraging economic reports, .... and then the elections in November ...
Yet another day when I realize that the semi-informed state that I am in is way, way worse than ignorance and apathy :)
BTW, what is the difference between ignorance and apathy?  I don't know, and I don't care :)