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To: zeestephen
no, as the article describes, he has kept himself in power by anti-democratic measures and LOST the popular vote in the 2010 election:
"[Maliki] coerced Iraq’s chief justice to bar some of his rivals from participating in the elections in March 2010. After the results were announced and Maliki lost to a moderate, pro-Western coalition encompassing all of Iraq’s major ethno-sectarian groups, the judge issued a ruling that awarded Maliki the first chance to form a government, ushering in more tensions and violence"

38 posted on 07/12/2014 2:10:43 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: Enchante
Yes, Ali Khedery’s editorial does claim that Maliki stole the election.

However, I can't recall hearing anything about that from the Obama administration in 2010.

Only now, 4 years later, after Al-Qaeda has seized one third of Iraq during Obama’s watch, have the MSM and the State Department decided they need a fall guy who is not named Obama.

Also, the fact that Maliki’s minority party succeeded in forming a government did not depend on going first.

Maliki would have been doing exactly the same coalition building and favor trading no matter who went first.

Finally, as far as I know, Maliki has never lost a no confidence vote, so he must be doing something right.

39 posted on 07/12/2014 10:30:33 PM PDT by zeestephen
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