It looks like the Iraqi government just may tell us to get the hell out of their country before long:

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians.

As outrage over reports that American marines killed 24 Iraqis in the town of Haditha last year continued to shake the new government, the country’s senior leaders said that they would demand that American officials turn over their investigative files on the killings and that the Iraqi government would conduct its own inquiry.

In his comments, Mr. Maliki said violence against civilians had become a “daily phenomenon” by many troops in the American-led coalition who “do not respect the Iraqi people.”

“They crush them with their vehicles and kill them just on suspicion,” he said. “This is completely unacceptable.” Attacks on civilians will play a role in future decisions on how long to ask American forces to remain in Iraq, the prime minister added.

As Aravosis points out, this guy is our puppet. He is the replacement Prime Minister when the first choice was someone Bush did not like.

This is a sure indication that things are going to be far more dangerous for our troops stationed in Iraq. I guess it is a prevention of a civil war when we force all of Iraq to join forces and fight against us.

It all boils down to this. Haditha happened under Bush’s watch. Abu Gharib happened under Bush’s watch. Intelligence failures happened under Bush’s watch. Every single thing that has gone wrong in this war has happened under Bush’s watch. The delusional neo-cons try to argue otherwise but what other command in chief has there been since the Iraq war? None! It has all been under Bush’s watch and when the company is performing that poorly you get rid of the big boss (something Bush is very use to).