"In a news release on Monday, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki blamed the government of Saddam Hussein for the widespread corruption. . . . But 2008, he said, would be the year that a “war on corruption” would be declared.
“And also a war on those ignorant and lazy people who do not properly carry out their duties,” Mr. Maliki said.
2007-12-04 07:45:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
2007-12-04 07:45:22 · update #1
A puppet says what the puppet master requires it too. What else did you expect?
Al Maliki would have to start with resigning immediately if he was serious about getting rid of corruption and sectarianism, and people who can't properly carry out their duties.
2007-12-04 07:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's very clear the Iraq government is still a puppet regime, remember the blackwater fiasco? Enough said
2007-12-04 15:50:12 · answer #2 · answered by justgoodfolk 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just because Saddam was removed doesn't mean that corruption was removed as well. With new power comes new corruption.
2007-12-04 15:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by only p 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who else would be writing his press releases?
2007-12-04 15:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm speechless.
Saddam is dead, and you expect the decades of corruption to have simply died with him? What, when the noose tightened around his neck, snapping it and killing him, then any and all corruption STOPPED?
Think before you ask silly questions.
2007-12-04 15:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by gooup 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He is only a Puppet, afterall; what comes from his lips is Neocon-speak.
2007-12-04 15:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by outcrop 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No
2007-12-04 15:48:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋