http://kirkcaraway.com/21/07/2008/obamamaliki_day_three Comments for "Obama-Maliki, Day Three" en http://kirkcaraway.com/21/07/2008/obamamaliki_day_three <p>First we have Iraqi PM Maliki endorsing Obama's 16-month pullout plan. The the Bush administration muscled Maliki's people to issue a statement that the PM was "misquoted" or "mistranslated." The funny part was that this sort-of retraction didn't name any specific part of Maliki's interview that was wrong, and the message itself came from CENTCOM. Gee, why would the Iraqi government send out a message through the U.S. Military?</p> <p><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204829.php">But now we learn that the translator for this interview was Maliki's, and there is a recording of the interview that has been re-translated and confirms that Maliki really did say these things.</a></p> <p>So the latest spin from the Bush folks is that Maliki was simply appeasing his restless constituents in Iraq. After all, to them, a politician saying something he doesn't believe comes naturally. </p> <p>Except that here, it points out the obvious, that the Iraqis and their government would like for us to leave, sooner than later. That leaves a whole lot of people who don't like Bush's and John McCain's plans for Iraq. </p> http://kirkcaraway.com/21/07/2008/obamamaliki_day_three#comments obama Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:21:52 -0700 kc 738 at http://kirkcaraway.com