Sources in the Iraqia List said that Iraq’s former prime minister Iyad Allawi had strongly disagreed with a senior U.S. delegation during his talks held in the Kurdish city of Irbil. According to the sources, the Americans insist on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s stay in office. The sources conveyed in a statement that the U.S. delegation, which is currently visiting the country, ahead of a visit by the U.S. national security adviser, offered Allawi to become President of the National Security Council, after the legislation of a special law on its formation, in return for keeping al-Maliki as the head of the next government.
According to the sources, Allawi has strongly refused the American offer, saying his list was entitled to form the next government as it emerged as the biggest bloc in March 7’s elections.
http://www1.albawaba.com/en/main-headlines/allawi-rejects-us-offer-allow-pm-maliki-keep-office
Democracy? I'm tempted to go back to blaming Winston Churchill for the stupid borders they drew almost 100 years ago.
It is a fact that the *Shia* Iranian regime has been left to do what it wants for 31 yrs. The Saudis for a different version of the same.
Especially since Khomeini, the secularists in the muslim world continue to be marginalized. The West has done little to counter it, and actually helped to spread the Islamic ideology. Not too difficult to work out the rest …
My impressions are that many either go with the official flow or just keep quiet & get on with their lives because they don’t see *rocking the boat* worth the trouble.