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To: LindyBill who wrote (258802)	7/22/2008 2:44:52 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793955

In throwing his support behind Senator Obama's plan for a 16-month timetable for an American withdrawal from Iraq, Prime Minister al-Maliki is calculating that Mr. Obama may well be the next president of America, and betting that a successful visit by Mr. Obama to Baghdad will advance Iraqi interests in a new administration.... I think Byron York is overreacting, based on the MSM's reading of Maliki's statements. Maliki saw a chance to hedge his bets and sound good politically to his domestic audience. This is also an election year in Iraq. What did you expect Maliki to say? No, 16 months is way too soon, I want foreign troops to hang around forever? You can always count on an Arab politician to talk big and strong in public. What they say in private may be a very different matter. Maliki's quick backpedal showed that he was not ready for the ire he aroused in US forces stationed in Iraq.