Kelly O'Donnell finally says it

[malaise]

Bush has been snubbed by his own new dictator. Couldn't happen to a nicer man.

[Sequoia]

1. Where, where?!

[malaise]

2. MSNBC

Maliki did not show up for the meeting and he is not showing up for the dinner. We are told the meeting is postponed to tomorrow.

Listen Arab people are pissed at this mess.

[patricia92243]

6. Good grief! I wonder what is going to happen. We may joke about it, but this is really a big deal.

I wonder if Bush will just come on home.

First, the world knows Poppy has had to rescue Bush out of trouble - again. Then the whole world sees him being snubbed. How humiliating.

If it weren't Bush, I would feel sorry for him.

[civildisoBDence]

3. Looks like a Snubfest

DUHbya has been snubbed by Maliki, the American people, twelve retired generals, Colin Powell, several neocons insiders, the UN, "Old" Europe, the scientific community, many evangelicals, and on and on.

Snubbing is the least he deserves...

Newsprism

[malaise]

4. He is truly hated by the entire planet n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. Who needs Bush when you've got neighboring Iran?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_IRAQ?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME

Iraq, Iran Reach Agreement on Security
By NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iraq's president said Wednesday he had reached a security agreement with Iran, which the United States accuses of fueling the chaos in the war-torn country. Iran's president called on countries to stop backing "terrorists" in Iraq and for the Americans to withdraw.

Tehran is believed to back some of the Shiite militias blamed in the vicious sectarian killings that have thrown the country into chaos. The United States has said the Iraqi government should press Iran to stop interfering in its affairs in a bid to calm the violence.

Presidents Jalal Talabani of Iraq and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran held talks Wednesday hours before U.S. President George W. Bush was due to meet with the Iraqi prime minister in Jordan in talks aimed at finding a solution to Iraq's spiraling bloodshed.

Talabani gave no details on the security agreement with Iran, and Ahmadinejad made no mention of any deal at a joint press conference in Tehran.

...

[spoony]

7. Boy did * ever sod up the house of cards there

If only someone around him knew anything about the fragile geopolitical balance there, or could even explain to him what those words mean :P

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. Well, add to that Cheney's visit to Saudi Arabia

and you have an atomic sized powder keg in the region.

[obreaslan]

9. Looks like the puppet finally cut his own strings. n/t