Iraqi Leaders Spurn Obama After He Meddles With Their Democratic Process
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, November 11, 2010, 12:01 PM
Obama pulls a Biden in Iraq.
President of Iraq Jalal Talabani, left, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, speak during the 23rd congress of the Socialist International at the Lagonissi Grand Resort, about 40 kilometers (25miles) south of Athens on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (Yahoo-AP)
President Obama called staunch American ally and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and asked him to resign last weekend. This didn’t go over well with the Iraqis. Today the Iraqis will announce a new government in which Mr. Talabani remains president.
The Washington Times reported:
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, one of America’s closest allies in the country, has rebuffed the personal request of President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to relinquish his post as Iraqis form a new government in Baghdad.
Iraqi leaders are expected to announce Thursday a new government in which Mr. Talabani remains president, Nouri al-Maliki remains prime minister and Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya party, which won the most votes in March’s election, will control the speakership of Parliament and the presidency of the National Security Council, according to Iraqi and U.S. officials familiar with negotiations that ended Wednesday in Baghdad between Iraq’s major parties.
Last Saturday, Mr. Obama phoned Mr. Talabani and asked him to give up the seat he has held since 2005 so that Mr. Allawi could be Iraq’s president, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials familiar with the diplomacy. Mr. Obama on Saturday also urged the president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, to accept Mr. Allawi in the role of the presidency.
Since late summer, U.S. officials had been trying to get Mr. al-Maliki and Mr. Allawi to share power in the government because neither man’s party won the majority of votes. But Mr. al-Maliki’s Rule of Law party ultimately formed an alliance with the Kurds and another Shiite bloc with ties to Iran known as the Iraqi National Alliance.
Maybe it had something to do with Talabani being such a great admirer of George W. Bush?
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Cargosquid commented:
More smart diplomacy. We’re in the very best of hands.
Dave-O commented:
Perhaps Urkel could demonstrate a little leadership and resign his position first.
MAJ Mike commented:
Perhaps he’s just an empty who is in ‘way over head.
Anyone surprised?
patman commented:
***FAIL***
nelli commented:
Everytime he speaks, someone else switches on “ignore”.
Lee commented:
Maybe Mr. O could just tend to the business of his own country and leave other countries alone. Doesn’t he have enough on his hands, screwing up our economy without trying to do the same to everybody else?
Auntie Em commented:
Someone please tell Barry to pick up his ball and go home. He’s a flipping laughing stock. How in the world does he imagine that him picking up the phone and calling a sitting president to TELL him to step down….oh vey…..
He’s has as much leadership ability as that soap ring around our bathtub that I have to assassinate today. (That one word was for Media Matters…got to feed the bacteria sometimes.)
DougO commented:
My guess is that he confused “Taliban” and “Talabani.” He probably thought, “Oh, OK, my opponents all say this here Talabani thing is bad, I’ll call and tell him to stop”
alanstorm commented:
Wasn’t Obama the guy who said we shouldn’t interfere in the internal affairs of other countries? Well, except for Israel and Honduras, of course…and any others he thinks really need his enlightened guidance…come to think of it, it’s really more of a guideline than a hard and fast rule…
Valerie commented:
Dear Mr. US President,
Thank you very kindly for the opportunity to demonstrate to my fellow Iraqis that I am not a puppet of your regime.
Best Regards,
Jalal Talabani
retire05 commented:
Perhaps someone on Obama’s staff (what is left of them) should have reminded him of how well his meddling in Honduras worked out.
bg commented:
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Saddam was Obama’s man via Auchi
& Alsamarrae just to name a couple..
Allawi is Hillary & the Democrats..
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Fuzzy commented:
How about he does us all a favor and returns the favor . . . and asks BO to resign.
RickZ commented:
Obama: Always on the wrong side of History, not that he even knows any history at all.
bg commented:
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hmmm..
not much else accompanying it..
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mike191 commented:
Every thing President44 touches turns to crap.Moreover,I wonder if Hillary was consulted on this issue.Iam sure Tripartite Joe had input with this phone call.
Wow commented:
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November 11th, 2010 | 12:11 pm | #2
One can only hope!
Oldpuppymax commented:
Talabani is PRO-United States? Well then OBVIOUSLY the guy has GOT to GO…right Hussein??!!
Marybel commented:
Show O the hand. yippee!
squeaky commented:
then there was that little issue back in 2008 with maybe candidate obama getting a little to close to the logan act……
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/did-obama-violate-the-logan-act-during-his-iraq-visit/
bg commented:
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Valerie @ 12:53 pm #11
thumbsup!!
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