"Puppet" Iraqi PM Defies Bush - Condemns Israel

Someone ought to tell Mr. Bush that he is not getting his money's worth from his puppet PM in Iraq.

Or is the puppet doing what Mr. Bush tells him to do? My guess - he had complete permission from Bush to condemn Israel.

Whoa. That makes Bush so boldly two-faced and inconsistent, you say! Yes I say. I don't and won't trust Bush for one moment.

Middle East: In break with U.S., Iraqi leader assails Israel - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News:

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Wednesday forcefully denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, marking a sharp break with President George W. Bush's position and highlighting the growing power of a Shiite Muslim identity across the Middle East.

'The Israeli attacks and airstrikes are completely destroying Lebanon's infrastructure,' Maliki said at an afternoon news conference inside the fortified Green Zone, which houses the American embassy and the seat of the Iraqi government. 'I condemn these aggressions and call on the Arab League foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo to take quick action to stop these aggressions. We call on the world to take quick stands to stop the Israeli aggression.' "