U.S. ready to help new Iraq leader; Iran welcomes choice

Peacemaking 101: Boot out the Bigots.

Eight years and Maliki can't let go, even as the population hates him. Just shows how power can go to someone's head.

They know that if Maliki stays, their Baghdad will fall to ISIS as their Iraqi military runs away without NATO help.

Never would have believed there would be a day when one longed for the days of Saddam compared to now.

Never would have believed there would be a day when one longed for the days of Saddam compared to now.

Naw, the world is afar better place without that Tyrant rat scum. No one misses him, not the minorities in Iraq and NOT the Shias.

Saddam Hussein was Sunni - he wouldn't support ISIS in Iraq taking his power, but would support Sunni rebels in Syria.

bass4funk:

" Naw, the world is afar better place without that Tyrant rat scum. No one misses him, not the minorities in Iraq and NOT the Shias. "

The Sunnis certainly do, which is why ISIS had such a runaway success in Iraq. It is not that all the Iraqi tribes are rabid islamists --- this was mainly an uprising about the Malikis Shia dictatorship. Of course, now the islamists ride on top of the wave.

This is typically happens if you remove a stable dicatorship in the Middle East ---- Bush never understood that, and Obama has been repeating the same mistake in Tunesia, Libya, Egypt and Syria.

When the last Yezidi, Christian and any other unfortunate minority has been driven out of Iraq, I would like to send a postcard to Dubya saying 'Mission Accomplished'.

ulysses:

Isnt this Duby bashing getting old after 8 years of Obama? This current situation is directly the result of Obamas policy. Yes, Dubya was also wrong, but Obamas complete withdrawal from Iraq and trust in Malaki was his policy, which he bragged about. As is his support for the Sunni Jihadis in Syra, which helped to create ISIS.

Really now...how many more years do some people want to blame Dubya for everything under the sun?

The Sunnis certainly do, which is why ISIS had such a runaway success in Iraq. It is not that all the Iraqi tribes are rabid islamists --- this was mainly an uprising about the Malikis Shia dictatorship. Of course, now the islamists ride on top of the wave.

Over the last 15 years, I had the chance to meet all kinds Of Iraqis of different religious sects and I have to with all honesty, most of the Iraqis (I'm talking about Sunnis ) are NOT sad to see Saddam gone, the ones that are saying that are the Sunnis that have been jilted and had to deal with reverse discrimination under Maliki and because of his distaste and dislike of Sunnis, call it retribution for what Saddam did and how he treated the Shia population. Yes, there are some that yearn for those days of Saddam, but not many and add to that ISIS with their strict interpretation of Islam is so off the charts, they have been killing and beheading their fellow Sunnis as well. Not good at all!

This is typically happens if you remove a stable dicatorship in the Middle East

This is what gets me, under Saddam things weren't as stable as you might think, Yeah, Saddam just brutally murdered ANYONE that stood in his way, so if you want to say with brutality and thuggery he imposed with his murderous sons, if that is anything remotely stable, I would hate to see what unstable would look like.

---- Bush never understood that, and Obama has been repeating the same mistake in Tunesia, Libya, Egypt and Syria.

Well, I agree with you on that point except at least with Bush, he had a clear vision and goal, whatever you think about him, put aside, unlike Obama that doesn't have ANY clear objective as to what to do and how to deal with this situation. And guess what, it ain't going anywhere either, no time soon.

Really now...how many more years do some people want to blame Dubya for everything under the sun?

Not everything, just Iraq, because he has set in motion something the effects of which are being felt now.

Pulling troops out of Iraq was not wrong, sending them there was.

Isnt this Duby bashing getting old after 8 years of Obama?

8 years is long enough for the blinders of Bush lovers to come off.