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I’m not a huge fan of the parliamentary system in the best of times, but I think imposing it on Iraq was a particularly bad idea. As it stands now, Iraq’s prime minister holds office because he leads a coalition government composed of all the main Shiite parties in the legislature. If one of them pulls out, his coalition will break down and his government will collapse.
Muqtada al-Sadr is a radical anti-American terrorist leader, but he also leads a radical Shiite party that is a partner in Prime Minster Maliki’s coalition. Bush wants Maliki to crackdown on al-Sadr’s militia groups, but Maliki fears for his political future. The Iraqi system of government has made a bad situation much worse than it should be.
And then there’s good old John McCain who just wants everything to work out so he can get elected president and not have to apologize for being so staunchly pro-war and pro-Bush.
