NPR: Bush Says He Supports al-Maliki, But Is It Returned?

Bush Says He Supports al-Maliki, But Is It Returned?

On the one hand...

On Tuesday in Canada, President Bush seemed to back away from supporting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, saying that he has "a certain level of frustration" with the Iraqi government's failure to solve its secular divisions.

But then today, Bush reaffirmed his support for al-Maliki while speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, describing him as "a good guy, a good man, with a difficult job, and I support him."

On the other hand...

NPR reports that al-Maliki had a few things of his own to say. During a trip to Syria, he lashed out at U.S. criticism of his government, saying, "No one has the right to place timetables on the Iraq government." And then he added, "Those who make such statements are bothered by our visit to Syria. We will pay no attention. We care for our people and our constitution and can find friends elsewhere."

Friends elsewhere, eh? Hmm.

6:32 PM ET | 08-22-2007 | permalink

Comments

Are we heading toward the most predictable result of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East. That result being, we go in with a vision of democracy and that is exactly what we get. Except the democracy we help to institute is the one we ultimately can no longer support. The American foreign policy is broken beyond decades of repair.

Sent by Troy | 4:15 AM ET | 08-23-2007

How sad that America spends its money and time on countries like Iraq only to be ridiculed and scorned in return! I wish our government would not waste OUR money on such ingrates and spend it instead on AMERICANS! SAD SAD SAD!

Sent by Sara | 7:21 AM ET | 08-23-2007

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