While Bush Speaks Iraq slips Deeper Into Civil War

Despite the leaking of a Washington memo that stated that the Bush administration had lost faith in Nouri Al Maliki's ability to stabilize Iraq, George W. gave  strong support to the to prime minister. The press conference comes one day after the two war beaten leaders met in Jordan to discuss the best way to bring peace in Iraq.  Whatever was discussed in that meeting, apparently Maliki is now once again, "The right man for the job."  One must question the timing of these meetings however.   As mentioned earlier this week, Iraq has already fallen into a civil war and outside Baghdad, Nouri Maliki is completely irrelevant.

So, why the meeting? For George W. Bush, he saw his party collapse both in the house and in the Senate right before his eyes. He knows is last year has a squatter in the White house will a turbulent one. The Democrats will push for the creation of a time table and a quick withdraw of U.S. troops and, any new defense spending that resembles a bloated tick will be struck down before it even has a chance to make it to the floor. For Maliki, this is obviously is a move of desperation. He has no where else to turn at this point. While Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has promised to help anyway he can, it is questionable how much good they can do at this point. While Iran has much to lose as anyone else since they can't afford to have a destabilized neighborhood on it's border, their military would wind up being just another militia in the country and could only add to the problem. Don't forget Maliki delayed the meeting but, found few other avenues to go down. And, the likely-hood of his of government  surviving is limited at best.

What about the leaked memo? The Washington memo that was leaked highly questioned Maliki's ability to bring peace to Iraq and that Bush might consider negotiations with the Sunni militias. But, for such talks to begin, Al-Maliki must be removed, possible by a coup. While Bush and the other hawks in the White house continue to down play the memo, the thinking of the Bush administration has already been revealed.  It goes on to purpose the establishing of another Saddam style, "strong man." Such plans at this late stage in the game is as hair brain as going to war in the first place.

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