Maliki

Looking Back: Rumsfeld Privately Criticized Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki As Inferior To Mass Murderers

Jonathan Schwarz | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Schwarz

There's no question Nouri al-Maliki has been giving the White House heartburn. So it's worth looking back at the Bush administration's private views of Maliki, as stated by Donald Rumsfeld back in 2006.

Clearly, They'll Say Barack Obama Is a Muslim

Dan Sweeney | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Dan Sweeney

After a solid week in which John McCain has epically failed to take the headlines off Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, and how the prevailing m...

A Surreal Moment in Iraq

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Ilan Goldenberg

For years, the administration's policy has been, "when they stand up, we'll stand down." Well the Iraqis are standing up, and so far at least Bush and McCain's response seems to be: "you're not ready yet."

White House Claims Clerical Error, But I Smell Karl Rove

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Surely we can assume Karl still phones in ideas to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He may be gone, but he'll never be lobotomized.

Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

Buying Time

John Bruhns | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

The fragile success of the surge can be easily reversed. Now the issue is sustaining the current conditions long enough for us to start bringing our troops home.

Obama Frames Iraq Right, Bush And McCain Slow To React

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

McCain's going to have to come up with some new spin to explain why Obama and Maliki are now singing from the same songbook on timetables for withdrawal.

Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

White House Claims Iraqi Demand For Withdrawal Timeline Is Transcription Error

Think Progress | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Today, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggested having a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops. "The direction we are taking is to have a m...

Friday Talking Points [27] -- Petraeus Week

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Thus endeth another Petraeus week on Capitol Hill. I have to say, I was impressed at the caliber of the questions asked, but severely disappointed at ...

More Questions For Petraeus

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

What would it take for America to tell Maliki that we aren't going to support the Iraqi Army in any military offensive?

Friday Talking Points [26]

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Since the campaigns of both Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama have seemingly taken my advice earlier this week, and are both concentrat...

Questions For Petraeus

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

If only Maliki had waited two or three weeks, Petraeus and Crocker could have testified that everything was hunky-dory in Iraq, and gotten out of Washington unscathed.

Friday Talking Points [25] -- Place Your Bets On The Democratic Race!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

We haven't done a contest here in a while, so I'm going to open the betting window today on the outcome of the Democratic race. To play, just post a ...

Where Will Iraq Be In November?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While everyone else is having fun determining who "won" or "lost" the Democratic debate last night, I would like to revisit an important topic: Iraq. ...

My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

For those of you who have been reading this column long enough, you may remember a fun set of columns (Part 1 and Part 2) I wrote last year, giving my...

Predictions For 2008

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

A reader recently took me to task for an article I wrote a month ago -- "What Will Be The Big Issue A Year And A Day From Now?" His complaint was tha...

Suspicions Confirmed: An Enduring Quagmire

Richard Klass | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


Richard Klass

The "declaration of principles" signed by President Bush and Prime Minister Malaki is designed to not only keep American military forces in Iraq indefinitely but also to ensnare America into Iraqi domestic politics.

Friday Talking Points [Vol. 10]

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Welcome back to the weekly roundup of the good, the bad, and the ugly, and (as always) my humble suggestions of things Democrats should say in media i...

Sam Stein

Displaced In Iraq: An Interview With Iraqi Red Crescent President Sa'id Hakki

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Dr. Sa'id Hakki's does not have an easy job. As president of the Iraqi Red Crescent he helps provide aid to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis displa...

Sovereignty In Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

If Maliki backs down he will have proven to his fellow countrymen that not even their own safety is more important to him than being a pawn of America.


 

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