Nuri al-Maliki

In a CNN interview, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that he would not allow Iraq to be a battleground for the United States and Iran, citing Iraq's national sovereignty. He acknowedged that Iran has agents operating in Iraq who were most likely involved in the abduction and murder of 5 U.S. soldiers on January 20, as well as other attacks on American troops.

"Iraq has nothing to do with the American-Iranian struggle, and we will not let Iran play a role against the American Army and we will not allow America to play a role against the Iranian army, and everyone should respect the sovereignty of Iraq."

If he really believes that Iraq is not part of the U.S.-Iranian conflict, maybe someone should introduce him to the real world. It's not just Americans being attacked by Iranian infiltrators. Many Iraqis have also died because of the meddling mullahs of Iran.

I suspect that al-Maliki is just hoping to avoid antagonizing his fellow Shiites in Iran. After all, the U.S. will be out of Iraq before long (if our liberal Congress has anything to say about it), but the Iranians will always be just across the border.

Iran has been a big supporter of Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his very large militia. Al-Sadr has been a big supporter of al-Maliki and his shaky government.

There is a rather trite phrase, currently popular in our society, that might just be appropriate for this situation: "Connect the dots."

Al-Maliki cannot be trusted to support the U.S. military in Iraq if the conflict with Iran escalates very much (and it will). He knows that the Democrats are already preparing to abandon Iraq regardless of the consequences.

Be prepared for a back-stabbing in the near future....in return for the back-stabbing Iraq will get from American liberals.

Remember ...... you heard it here first.