US officials are rejecting allegations that the United States is playing a direct role in a plot to oust Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, though they continue to reiterate their support for PM-designate Hayder Abadi, and their desire to see Maliki go.
Maliki has rejected calls to step down, and insists that the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) had no authority in appointing Abadi as the designate over him. He has insisted the move is a “coup plot” against his continued rule.
The US has loudly been insisting that Maliki must go for weeks, and responded to Maliki’s condemnation of President Masum yesterday with a statement praising him and reiterating their opposition to Maliki.
The notion that the US isn’t playing a role in Maliki’s ouster is absurd, and underscoring that Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement today pledging support for Masum and warning Maliki “not to cause trouble” with his impending replacement.
The State Department’s statement today conceded that Maliki is still “legally” the prime minister, but also saying they want Abadi to replace him as soon as possible.
Maliki has deployed troops loyal to him across the capital, threatening to militarily ensure his continued rule. The State Department insisted they wouldn’t consider the move a coup if it took place, because Maliki’s premiership is legal.
Yeah, and we believe everything the State Department says. They've got such a great record of being truthful.
USG also denies that is involved in Ukraine or in Libya or in Syria or in Iraq or in Iran or there ever was any Vietnam war, the killing of hundreds of thousands of people for last 65 years being at war with rest of the world. Simply USG is in denial of its own existence, of the us Democratic Party and its non democratic practices around the world, USG is in denial of a falsified democracy with no whatsoever democracy from the far right democrats whom are in charge of us Democratic Party. If USG is not going to deny, the state department is going do it for them.
I'm sure if they were asked, the people who enabled the rise of Maliki would swear that they never considered that Maliki would turn into another Saddam. I mean, he's such a friend to the US and has all good intentions. Even when he decided to keep personal control of the Defense and Interior Ministries for himself they believed that Maliki was their man in Baghdad.
Obviously, Maliki believes that he is his own man and he likes the power he has and is not likely to willingly give it up. Perhaps someone should send him an email photo of Saddam's last seconds as proof of what happens to the US friends when the friendship sours.
I wonder if Barry The Bomber's planning on taking a lesson from JFK and doing a Diem on Maliki?