Maliki: Condi Giving Aid and Comfort to al Qaeda

[smoogatz]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, during a long interview with journalists, gave the Bush administration a little of their own medicine.

From The Washington Post:

Maliki disputed President Bush's remarks broadcast Tuesday that the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein "looked like it was kind of a revenge killing" and took exception to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Senate testimony last week that Maliki's administration was on "borrowed time."

The prime minister said statements such as Rice's "give morale boosts for the terrorists and push them toward making an extra effort and making them believe they have defeated the American administration," Maliki said. "But I can tell you that they have not defeated the Iraqi government."...

"I know President Bush and I know him as a strong person that does not get affected by the media pressure, but it seems the pressure has gone to a great extent that led to the president giving this statement," Maliki said.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002362.php

[Fridays Child]

1. Note to Chimpy: When even the puppets revolt, you know you're in trouble.

[tanyev]

2. No, no, no. That's what the war critics in Congress are doing.

Just ask Tony Snow.

Tony Snow: Are War Critics in Congress Aiding Al-Qaeda?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2693156

[pdxmom]

3. Poor Condi. It looks like the Ferragamo is on the other foot now. n/t

[Supersedeas]

6. hard to do that diplospeak thing with fancy Italian leather in your mouth

[global1]

4. What Am I Missing Hear? I Thought * Is Centering His Whole Surge/Escalation Plan....

on Maliki and garnering the support of the Iraqi's to take over for the U.S. forces in the streets of Baghdad. Yet * and Condi have been 'bad mouthing' Maliki as of late and it appears that this has struck a chord in Maliki.

Why would you put a plan out there (the surge/escalation plan) and put 21,500+ troops in harms way and then in the background sabotage your own plan. I don't get it?

Does * want this to fail?

Just how deranged is this pResident?

[KharmaTrain]

5. Worst. Secretary Of State. Ever.

Totally unquaified and inept...this lady has all but destroyed American dipolomatic credibility in ways we won't begin to see until she and the rest of this cabal is gone.

She's constantly outmatched at every stop these days and her statements sounds further and further detached from reality all the time. It's scary this woman holds such a high government rank. It almost makes one nostalgic for Allen Foster Dulles.

[Lord Byron]

7. It's all staged

It's propaganda to make it look like Maliki is his own man, rather than a puppet. It's nonsense. Don't be fooled.

[smoogatz]

9. Yeah, well, maybe.

More likely they're actually the hapless fuckwits they've proven themselves to be all along.

[Rose Siding]

8. Notice that the REAL bad guy he IDs is "the media"

"I know President Bush and I know him as a strong person that does not get affected by the media pressure, but it seems the pressure has gone to a great extent that led to the president giving this statement," Maliki said.

Yeah, that's the problem, you fool. Anti-democracy much? :eyes: