Tensions Build Between U.S., Iraqi Leaders
The Iraqi prime minster is now under attack from leading U.S. politicians. Even President Bush is distancing himself. As Nouri al-Maliki turns to find "friends elsewhere" -- in Syria, which he is visiting, and in Iran, with which he has close ties -- will he come to be viewed as yet another monster we created?The Iraqi prime minster is now under attack from leading U.S. politicians. Even President Bush is distancing himself. As Nouri al-Maliki turns to find “friends elsewhere” — in Syria, which he is visiting, and in Iran, with which he has close ties — will he come to be viewed as yet another monster we created?
AS CHAOS UNFOLDS, FIND SOLID GROUND…BBC:
On Tuesday, US President George W Bush appeared to distance himself for the first time from Mr Maliki’s government.
Mr Bush said the people of Iraq had made a great step towards reconciliation.
However he added that there was “a certain level of frustration with the leadership” of Mr Maliki and that his government now had to perform.
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Pentagon planners' use of such words as "freedom" and "hope" and catchy code names for U.S. operations reflects our utter hypocrisy.
The Iraqi parliament finally voted in the government of new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday, in what U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called a “turning point.”
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Did Nouri al-Maliki's policies help create the country’s current impasse?
Middle Eastern regional powers joined the U.S. in welcoming the appointment of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq’s next prime minister, creating a dorm full of strange bedfellows.
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