Everything that's Wrong with the Iraqi Debacle

Interesting: I felt that, really, having done so much damage to Iraq, we had no option but to stay the course til we made good. But, really, do Our Leaders have any intention -- let alone, like, an actual plan -- to make good for the gratuitous, pointless, unreasonable horror we brought? Well, if not, then made there is no reason to stay the course.

Meanwhile, our puppet doesn't seem very grateful; but then again, exacly why and for what should he be grateful?

An angry Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki disavowed a joint U.S.-Iraqi raid in the capital's Sadr City slum Wednesday, and criticized the top U.S. military and diplomatic representatives in Iraq for saying his government needs to set a timetable to curb violence in the country.

Al-Maliki spoke at a news conference a day after U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Iraqi leaders had agreed to set deadlines by year's end for achieving specific political and security goals laid out by the United States, including reining in militia groups.

"I affirm that this government represents the will of the people and no one has the right to impose a timetable on it," the prime minister said.

The prime minister dismissed U.S. talk of timelines as driven by the coming midterm elections in the United States. "I am positive that this is not the official policy of the American government but rather a result of the ongoing election campaign. And that does not concern us much," he said.

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