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White House Gets Tough
By Micah Halpern

Tuesday December 5, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

The White House has been keeping the momentum going.
Only days ago George Bush met with Iraq's prime minister Maliki's in Jordan.
Yesterday, back home, Bush had a scheduled meeting with the leader of the largest Shiite representation in the Iraqi parliament, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.

The president of the United States met with the man who pulls the strings, the man behind Maliki, the man who tells Maliki what to do and when to do it.
The president met with the leader of the Shiite faction that really put Maliki in power.
They put the prime minister in power, not the United States - and that goes a long way towards explaining the tensions between Shiite interests and United States interests in Iraq.

Bush did not mince words.
Bush said point blank that not enough is being done to curb Shiite violence.
Bush didn't say sectarian violence, he said Shiite violence.
Bush said that if the attacks are not stopped there will be no progress towards democracy.
Bush articulated the biggest gripe the United States has with Iraq right now.

Will the Shiites listen? I don't know.
But good for you George Bush, good for you for speaking your mind.
It's about time.

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