11-5-2013 Newshound Guru Doc

11-5-2013   Newshound Guru Doc   The reason for Maliki's short trip will only be know in due time.  Our speculation is he did get his tail handed to him but most probably due to lack of progress in meeting timelines as related to the Strategic Framework Agreement and his friendliness toward Iran.  As we have suggested over the years progress in Iraq is 2 steps forward, one step back.  Unfortunately the one thing that is vividly glaring as too slow is political stability.  Several articles pointed this out and directly blamed in on Maliki's lack of support for implementing the power sharing arrangements he has at least publicly supported.  We can speculate that Washington told him to meet his timelines and his obligations or the US will not support his presidency.  [post 2 of 2]