My flag’s prettier than your flag
We’ve been hearing a lot lately that Nuri al-Maliki, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iraq, is the main reason why our efforts to do whatever it is we’re trying to do in Iraq this week aren’t working.
Here are some of the specific criticisms:
He’s made the governmental forces into an instrument to ensure his party’s domination and oppress his political enemies.
He’s arranged for his supporters to take in the lion’s share of oil revenues.
His government promotes the sectarian division of his country along party and religious lines.
He promotes the politics of nationalism and aggression rather than unity and reconciliation.
He uses American forces for his own political purposes.
Yeah, we should have told the Iraqis that, when you have elections, it’s a complete crap shoot. You never can tell when you’re going to get someone just like Maliki running your country.
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