The recent demands from the Obama Administration for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to cut cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s faction out of any government deal to punish Sadr for his opposition to the US occupation took a lot of people by surprised. But the bigger surprise might be the dismissive reaction from Iraqi officials.
“We don’t pay great attention to them,” inisted Sami al-Askari, one MP in Maliki’s faction. Another MP, Mahmoud Othman, insisted that the Iranian government had a much bigger role in Iraq than the Americans do.
Though 50,000 heavily armed troops are bound to give the US at least some sway, but seems to be decidedly on the decline and its efforts to “cut out” Sadr seem to be of little consequence, particularly with Iran following up the US comment with a call for Iraq to just get rid of the American occupation force instead.
Ironically the US responded to Iran’s comments with outrage, claiming it was improper for Iranian officials to “meddle” in the internal politics of Iraq. Yet this has been standard operating procedure for both sides since the 2003 invasion, and it is only now that the US and Iran aren’t supporting the exact same faction that officials are concerned. Concerned and likely more than a little irked that after seven years the Iranian government has more influence in Iraq than the American one does.
Oh what a delicious situation.
Its so good to see the Obama Administration get a "slap in the face "like this by the Iraqis.
Oh what a lovely war we fought but now it appears all in nought.
Andron, delicious is the right word. As a colonial power, America is pathetic. It leaves nothing but death, destruction, hatred and chaos wherever it goes. Even the British did things better.
Perhaps the leaders of America could enroll in a colonialism course. They might learn that introducing Coca Cola and MacDonalds is not enough, does not cut it in non-Western countries! And they might come to understand that 'Father Knows Best' and 'Leave it to Beaver' has little relevance in Muslim countries.
The very best thing they could learn is that the nations of the world don't want their constant meddling or their 'endless war' scenario.
In fact, most of the world would just like them to disappear and take Israel with them!
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