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You had claimed that Maliki ‘wants us to leave’. Your source doesn’t even support this claim, although it was spun by the left as though he was calling for U.S. withdrawl. He clearified his remarks, saying that the Iraqi security forces are ‘not there yet’.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/07/16/iraqi_prime_minister_takes_softer_tone/

We aren't stupid and we aren't in grade school. We know Bush and the military put enourmous pressure on Maliki and attempt to orchestrate statements and to spin everything. We also know that half the country abandoned his government in the last few months and that he is feuding openly with the US over the US policy of arming the Sunnis and courting the national insurgency leaders. Policy is all that matters and talk is meaningless drivel. The "let's pretend" solution that all Iraqis love each other and the US and are all getting along now, is transparent buncomb and fools no one.

Everyone is maneuvering for the coming civil war because everyone knows the US is leaving. Who wins and who they are beholden to for the victory, are the only variables still in play. And even the first is pretty well set at this point, the Sunni and Saudi delusions in the matter notwithstanding.