I'm sure Maliki is not thrilled. I'm not 100% thrilled with Maliki but he DOES represent the elected government and until he proves to be a traitor to the cause needs to have clout. But Iran and Syria? Iran, a partner in the Axis of Evil, and Syria, a junior partner? This doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Americans are noted in the world for being piss-poor allies. I don't think we'll be able to get Sri Lanka on our side. But I don't believe it will be necessary anyway, this is a nation of yellow-belly, chickens.
I wonder if these leaks are a deliberate attempt to try to motivate the Iraqis--kind of like a not-so-subtle signal to get off their a$$es and get their s#!t together.
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