Iraq Prime Minister Maliki - TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT! - Wants To Quit (BBC)

[kpete]

Iraq's PM longs to leave office

Mr Maliki was not his alliance's first choice as prime minister
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has made clear he dislikes being the country's leader and would prefer to leave the job before his term ends.
In an extensive interview with a US newspaper, Mr Maliki said he would certainly not be seeking a second term.

A compromise choice, his tenure has been plagued by factional strife within both the country and government, and rumours the US has no faith in him.

"I wish I could be done with it even before the end of this term," he said.

"I didn't want to take this position," he told the Wall Street Journal. "I only agreed because I thought it would serve the national interest, and I will not accept it again."

more at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6226953.stm

[babylonsister]

1. Can the news get much worse for this admin? I think not. nt

[itsmesgd]

2. yet another good news story-not

Everything that we touch turns to poop.

[Rex]

3. Dayum, no one wants to 'run' Iraq.

They saw what happen to the last guy!

[Vinca]

4. Geez - maybe they'll regret hanging Sadam.

:sarcasm:

[tridim]

5. Is Chalabi still available?

[doublethink]

6. Why can't we get a leaked memo stating the same thing about ...

Bush, Cheney, Rice, on and on and on. but noooooooo they wouldn't just quit would they? We wouldn't be so lucky. We gotta impeach the whole lot of um ..... sigh.

[Bobbie Jo]

7. Well hell...let's let 'em borrow Bush for a year or so.....

You know...Sacrifice, Mr. Bush. :patriot:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. A lot of Iraqis would welcome such an announcement.

As someone who follows a number of Iraqi blogs, Maliki is held in about the same esteem as a turd in the salad.