“it’s not up to the politicians in Washington, DC, to say whether he will remain in his position, that is up to the Iraqi people....”
once upon a time that was said about Ngo Din Diem.....
Yep. The above is a perfect example of an Administration sending mixed signals. When reading exactly what Bush said, there’s nothing in there that gaurantees Maliki anything :) Bush supports Maliki today, ok, no big deal here. Critical legislation in Iraq is on hold right now, Maliki can’t make it happen. “The people of Iraq” one way or the other will make adjustments as necessary, and as a “democracy”. That’s still a win, no matter who they fall in line to support.
You’ve watched this nucklehead Maliki long enough too I’m sure, to know that our support (Bush Adminisration) of Maliki has been wobbly in the past, and Maliki’s troubles have been many. Many of his troubles are to his own doing, like...say telling Exec and DOS to piss off as many times as he has. Not to mention his causing the early hiccups we saw with the surge (Mid Feb) by his mouth writing checks his rear end couldn’t cash with respect to numbers and organization of soldiers. I say the Admin needs to spin it, but really they don’t.