iraq just elected this guy. the american rhetoric on democracy rarely approximates anything approaching reality, but it's really off the wall to ask a government with a weeks old mandate to resign in the face of a terrorist insurgency.
10muji
America goes by the principle " with great power, comes great responsibility " It then imposes what it think's is the correct way to go on every1 else.
deathtokoalas
i really don't think they operate on any principle at all except the one that might makes right. in this case, they seem to want the guy out simply because he's not obeying their orders. it doesn't hurt that the saudis think he's a heretic, but it's just mafia bullshit at the nitty gritty.
10muji
In other words, America feels " It's time for a puppet change "