[billbears]

LOLOLOL!!!!! He's thinking he's the leader of a sovereign nation. Of course he should realize he's not the leader of a sovereign nation and that purple fingers only work as long as Iraqi leaders do what the administration wants them to do. Unfortunately this isn't how it works. Conservatives told you this 5 years ago. But was anybody listening? Nooooooo, we had invisible WMDs to get.

..”Those who make such statements are bothered by our visit to Syria. We will pay no attention. We care for our people and our constitution and can find friends elsewhere,” Mr. al-Maliki said. -That strikes me as completely over the top. The implication is that the US does not care for Iraq or it’s constitution.

No the implication is that those that were helped into power had just as much opinion of US views as the previous leader there. Congratulations, we've done all the work for a coup and the other guys didn't have to lift a finger

[ichabod1]

We care for our people and our constitution and can find friends elsewhere

I think of this every time I hear some blowhard say we ought to partition that country and split it into three. That train has left the station. If we wanted to do that we could have back in 2003. As it stands now, unless we want to militarily reoccupy and start over, they have a right to their opinion.