This is disgraceful by the President who labels himself, the Commander-in-Chief!
For weeks, Bush administration officials have taken turns explaining their lack of confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and insisting that they're still on the same page as him. Yesterday, however, in a development that seems infinitely more important that John Kerry flubbing one word in a meaningless joke, Maliki started flexing his muscles in a dangerous way.
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki demanded the removal of American checkpoints from the streets of Baghdad on Tuesday, in what appeared to be his latest and boldest gambit in an increasingly tense struggle for more independence from his American protectors. […]
The language of the declaration, which implied that Mr. Maliki had the power to command American forces, seemed to overstep his authority and to be aimed at placating his Shiite constituency.
The withdrawal was greeted with jubilation in the streets of Sadr City, the densely populated Shiite enclave where the Americans have focused their manhunt and where anti-American sentiment runs high.
Maliki doesn't have "command" over U.S. troops, but our soldiers abandoned all the positions in eastern and central Baghdad they had set up just as soon Iraqis told them to.
To be sure, the checkpoints had apparently caused practical and logistical problems for life in Baghdad, but they were created for a reason — we were searching for a missing American soldier.
And what about that search now?
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/8931.html
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