Call me slow, but I finally figured out Bush's new strategy in Iraq. He's trying to shift the blame to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. For the next two years, the refrain from the White House will be, "Bush did everything he could, but the Iraqis let us all down."
It's an old conservative tactic: blame the victim.
No wonder Maliki told the Wall Street Journal, "I wish I could be done with it even before the end of this term. I didn't want to take this position... and I will not accept it again."
President Diem all over again.
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Jon Stewart was all over this blame the Iraqis thing. He even skewered Vilsack with it.
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