Now that The Corner has finished (mostly) their Kerry-as-pinata game, they have deigned to consider the slightly pressing issue of the treacherous Maliki, a.k.a., Sadr’s handpuppet.  Only McCarthy and Rubin (the last two links) have bothered to say anything substantive. They agree that Maliki is a “disaster,” and I can entirely agree with that.  This is Mr. Bush’s chosen Iraqi prime minister; this is the man we forced Jaafari out of office to get; this is the man in whom Mr. Bush claims to have complete confidence.  Anyone care to ask the obvious questions about Bush’s judgement and policy at this point?  Keith Olbermann’s ratings spike seems to hold more importance for some.  I invite readers to compare the reaction to Maliki’s treachery to their wall-to-wall Kerry coverage over the past two days and draw their own conclusions about what seems a priority for these folks.

Update: In fairness, there were a couple links to Ralph Peters’ article, which discusses Maliki’s treachery at length and begins:

On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki obeyed Muqtada al-Sadr’s command to withdraw U.S. troops from Baghdad’s Sadr City. He halted a vital U.S. military operation. It was the third time in less than a month that al-Maliki had sided with the anti-American cleric against our forces.