Posted on 08/12/2014 4:42:56 AM PDT by McGruff
Iraq's new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from both the United States and Iran on Tuesday as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let jihadists seize a third of the country.
Haider al-Abadi still faces a threat closer to home, where his Shi'ite party colleague Nuri al-Maliki has refused to step aside after eight years as premier that have alienated Iraq's once dominant Sunni minority and irked Washington and Tehran.
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If Iran backs the new PM, it sounds like Maliki is dead man walking.
Believe it or not but despite the political turmoil in Iraq, the barbaric and cruel ISIS jihadists are grossly overextended, with no outside source of resupply and are very vulnerable to a counterattack which will commence within a month.
The news report I read yesterday said that Maliki actually had the majority party, but that the president had simply refused to name Maliki the prime minister.
That bodes poorly for the future if true, and it is exactly like Obama’s other meddling so it probably is true.
Everything Obama touches turns to crap. This will, too.
A new curse for the Obama age.
May a SPOX be upon you!
Heard 'em say to the media---"come on up to my apartment and I'll give you a few quotes."
Yep. And obummer is on board with Iran.
Iraq’s new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from both the United States and Iran on Tuesday as he called
Someone is lying..............
We need a regime change in the USA rather than in Iraq.
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