Ezra is right to call out Jason Zengerle on this:
There’s no denying that liberals who once derided Maliki as a Bush administration stooge are now touting him as the authentic and sovereign voice of the Iraqi people; but conservatives are doing their own flip-flop as well.
To put it as clearly as possible, there is reason to be suspicious when the government we’ve installed in the country we’re occupying tells us that they would like us, contrary to all polling data, to stay. When even our puppet says it’s time to leave, however, then it may just be time to leave; this assessment doesn’t depend on an appreciation of the authentic sovereignty of said puppet.
–Robert Farley
