Saturday, July 28, 2007
The Road to a Successful Surge
Looks like it has more potholes than patches. Every relationship between leaders will have some level of disagreement but this is not good.
Relations between the top United States general in Iraq and Nouri al-Maliki, the country's prime minister, are so bad that the Iraqi leader made a direct appeal for his removal to President George W Bush.If we were dealing with a sovereign nation instead of an occupied one, Surge On General Petraeus would have shaped up or shipped out by now. Instead we have Our Dear Embattled Leader running two countries into the ground, at one time. Probably reminds him of his days in the oil business.
Although the call was rejected, aides to both men admit that Mr Maliki and Gen David Petraeus engage in frequent stand-up shouting matches, differing particularly over the US general's moves to arm Sunni tribesmen to fight al-Qa'eda.
One Iraqi source said Mr Maliki used a video conference with Mr Bush to call for the general's signature strategy to be scrapped. "He told Bush that if Petraeus continues, he would arm Shia militias," said the official. "Bush told Maliki to calm down."
At another meeting with Gen Petraeus, Mr Maliki said: "I can't deal with you any more. I will ask for someone else to replace you."
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