Reply #7: You do know that Maliki is in Bush's pocket, don't you??

[jillan]

And you do know that Maliki just returned from meeting with Bush when he said that.
And you do know that it is stated in Biden's plan that it is up to the Iraqi's.

But what you also need to know is that Hashemi - a Sunni leader - was one of Bush's men over there.
He broke away from the "Green-Zone politicians" two months ago because he said that they were interferring with the peace process.

Hashemi has proposed an almost identical plan as Biden's to the Iraqi people.
It's called the National Pact. Ayatollah Sistani - a Shi'ite leader is leaning towards embracing it...AND I just found out from another DUer that Mahdi, another Shi'ite leader embraced the plan.

The leaders of Iraq are meeting next week to go over it. It is up to them to work it out.

on edit - they can discuss this or they can continue to stay the course. At least Biden has offered an option.