Maliki May Get "Difficult" for the US

Gareth Porter, national security policy analyst | August 19, 2009

There are voices among US officials that Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki became overconfident about his government's ability to handle the security situation in Iraq without the US troops and that he wants to portray himself as the national hero who kicked out the US. ++ Domestically, Maliki's Shi'ite-dominated government no longer depends on the US and seems to be more and more unwilling to advocate the Sunni's interests in Iraq. ++ Maliki may become a difficult partner for the US and give way to Shi'ite typical anti-Americanism.