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He had come into office promising to heal the countrys sectarian divide. instead, he inflamed it. maliki met frequently with david petraeus. >> i would have loved to have tested the proposition that it might have given us the kind of influence necessary to dissuade prime minister maliki from some of the highly sectarian action that he took. >> 10,000 troops, a plan to leave a force of that size had been floated in washington and baghdad. it was a plan that never came to fruition. >> i dont know ...

The influence necessary to dissuade prime minister maliki from the highly sectarian actions that he took. >> 10,000 troops, a plan to leave a force of that size had been floated in washington and baghdad. it was a plan that never came to fruition. >> i dont know whether 10,000 troops would have given us the leverage. i actually suspect it might not have, but i would have liked to have tested the proposition. >> it was never tested, some experts say because of prime minister maliki. they reported...

Troops would have given us the leverage. i actually suspect it might not have, but i would have liked to have tested the proposition. >> it was never tested, some experts say because of prime minister maliki. they reported that after iran made sure maliki was re-elected prime minister in 2010, maliki then turned around and did a favor for iran. he promised to expel all american forces before 2011 was over. now back in 2006, it was george w. bush who put maliki in office in the first place, so do...

Let out of jail. al mall key has been somewhat indebted to@al sadr because al sadr tipped the scale to make sure maliki was back in charge. it isnt a marriage made in heaven, but these guys are now back together and we have to see whats going to happen in the future. he said there were some conciliatory messages. he said the iraq government has to be given a chance to get the u.s. troops out of iraq. but theres a threat in that be saying theyve got to be given a chance. does that mean that if th...