The New York Times’ John Burns has a blunt assessment of the U.S.'s handpicked prime minister of Iraq: ”If you were sitting on a local school board, you'd worry about appointing him to be principal of your local high school.” Burns’ opinion comes during Frontline's “Losing Iraq,” airing Tuesday on PBS. It arrives as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces growing opposition and criticism from even former backers. Also read: NY Times Public Editor Calls Out Newspaper's Iraq Coverage Maliki, a Shiite Muslim, drove many Sunnis from positions of power after taking office in 2006. That fueled opposition by Sunni jihadists,...
- 7/29/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
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