First, there was the deBaathification campaign, and the war on the Sunni insurgency. Since then Genius George has angered the Kurds by an assault on the Iranian consulate on Kurdish territory in Irbil, Iraq where he ordered the arrest of Iranian guests of the Kurdish government.
Now Whim-shot is busy alienating Shiites including not only Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki who resents Duh-bya's decision to surge more U.S. troops in Baghdad, Bush is busy alienating other Shiite leaders as the article below attests.
Junior has two cards left up his gambler's sleeve IMO. First, Bush can still engineer the downfall and replacement of Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. Second, Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush can manufacture a pretext to attack Iran.
There are efforts underway in the U.S. Congress to put conditions or sanctions on Bush's escalation of the war in Iraq and pending legislation that would demand he get Congressional approval before attacking Iran. Now, we have the distinct displease of being witness to Genius George at work as he fiddles with our future and the fundamentals of our democracy.
My question is what will Genius George do if the sovereign and democratically elected government of Iraq demands that all United States forces leave Iraq? What would Generalissimo Genius George decide to do then?
Top Iraqi condemns US over Iran
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 13:17 GMT - BBC News
One of Iraq's most powerful Shia politicians has condemned the arrest of Iranians by US forces in Iraq as an attack on the country's sovereignty.
The comments by Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, made in a BBC interview, are seen as the strongest expression yet of Iraq's concern about the US approach to Iran.
They follow two recent US raids in which Iranians were arrested.
The remarks are interesting as Mr Hakim is seen as close to President Bush, says the BBC's Andrew North in Baghdad.
Late last year, US troops descended on Mr Hakim's residential compound in Baghdad and detained two Iranian officials.
They were later released, but last week, five more were detained at the Iranian liaison office in Irbil. They are still being held.
US officials say they are linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard which they allege trains and arms Iraqi insurgents.
Iran, which has demanded their immediate release, says they are diplomats engaged in legitimate work.
"Regardless of the Iranian position we consider these actions as incorrect," Mr Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, told the BBC.
"They represent a kind of attack on Iraq's sovereignty and we hope such things are not repeated."
On Sunday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that Iraq needed a constructive relationship with Iran.
"We can't change the geographical reality that Iran is our neighbour. This is a delicate balance and we are treading a very thin line."
We fully respect the views, policies and strategy of the United States, which is the strongest ally to Iraq, but the Iraqi government has national interests of its own," Mr Zebari said.
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