The brothers behind Iraq the Model drive the point home over at Pajamas Media (emphasis added):
The call for disengagement in the way Obama proposes (and Maliki cautiously endorses) is based on a vision that goes no further than the upcoming elections in both countries and thus an indicator of dangerous selfishness. The two men are gambling with victory against true enemies of their nations in the hope of achieving victory against personal electoral foes. The obvious confusion in Maliki’s recent statements forced government spokesmen and top officials to appear several times to correct or retract what he said. This indicates that much of what Maliki is saying these days is for personal/partisan electoral purposes and does not represent the strategy of the state of Iraq.
With any luck, the peoples of America and Iraq will get rid of both of these clowns over the next two years.


July 26, 2008 at 2:22 pm |
[...] The first Rasmussen poll in which the entire sample is called after Maliki’s quasi-endorsement of Obama’s withdrawal plan is out, and it’s clear that Maliki gave Obama a boost. [...]