I'm AMAZED at how the US tabloids (CNN MSNBC) after taking the que from the National Intelligence Estimate have managed to squarely put the blame of the failing situation in Iraq on Nuri al-Maliki. The funny thing is he was backed by the US from the get go. As much as some of the disarray is his fault I hope the average US couch potato sees through this ploy and continues to blame the US administration for not only putting our country in more risk but also blames the administration for the thousands of dead Iraqi's.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/nie/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/nie/index.html