So Maliki may be leaving by his own choice?

chevysteve wrote:
At this point I don't think Malaki's removal will make any difference as to the timing of the RV.

I'm still thinking sometime around the 30th of Neveruary:(

punisher wrote:More like between june and September.

aksafeone wrote:And if the events fall wrong for him when he does his predictable dodge and weave maneuver he just may find himself in irons or "hanging around." It seems I read somewhere that he may get sued, jailed and/or hung for his political hijinks.
What ever - he needs to be gone and then this will fly. We will see if Sadr can turn the trick on this magician of slight of hand and mind.
If one wants to believe rumors anything is possible. Personally I believe that when Maliki is gone the new government will succeed and get the job done - all the way around to include the necessities of life for the people of Iraq.
I also believe that nothing will happen until that event has transpired. If, and that is a big IF, Obama gets defeated in November then it will be complete the "house cleaning" chores and we will most probably not only see the RV but be able to enjoy the fruits of our blessing.
I'll get off my soap box now, sorry but this waiting gives me too much time to reason.

Messenger wrote:The problem with all this information seems to be that one can't know what has really happened.

Is Maliki out? Is he not out? Has he finally agreed to relinquish 2/3rds of his power? Has he not? Even the news reports can't really be trusted. How do we really know?

It seems that Shabibi will be more comfortable with Maliki unable to control the CBI or raid assets. I sense that to be reasonable. But how much don't we know that behind scenes factors into the move to RV? There are lots of unknowns.