Sen. Dick Durbin has a reason to worry. The PM that the Bush Administration put into power in Iraq doesn't seem to be willing to back them up. When Bush wanted "freedom" for Iraq, I don't think he was wanting to give them that much freedom.
United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said today that Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki refused to answer his questions about whether or not Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, according to a transcript acquired by RAW STORY.
"This morning I asked him directly, 'Do you believe that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization?'" Durbin told reporters after Maliki's address to Congress. "He did not respond. He would not respond to that question."
Durbin claims that the Iraqi foreign minister told him later that, "at a meeting of Arab nations they had joined with others in being critical of what Hezbollah has done."
"I think," Durbin concluded, "that is the extent of the statements that will be made by the Iraqi delegation."
Are they really expecting Maliki, who is a Shiite, to denounce Hezbollah, which is a Shiite group? If Repubs and Dems in this country stick with their own parties like glue (just look at how many Repubs still back Bush, and look at what's going on with Joe Lieberman on the Dems' side), then why should we expect Maliki to condemn the Hezbollah as a terrorist organization?
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