Iraq war extended to help McCain?

[BraneMatter]

Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has suggested that Bush has extended the Iraq War to help the Republicans win the '08 election:

Last July, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said U.S. troops should be out of Iraq “as soon as possible” and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) withdrawal plan. Obama “talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right time frame for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes,” Maliki told Der Spiegel magazine. -- MORE