Famously disciplined Bush White House can't manage to pull off timely meeting with its own client state

Iraq Clusterfuck

Wed, 11/29/2006 - 3:04pm — lambert

President Bush's high-stakes summit with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was put off Wednesday amid political unrest in Baghdad and public disclosure of U.S. doubts about the Iraqi leader's capacity to control sectarian warfare.

The White House said Bush and al-Maliki would meet on Thursday.

The postponement was announced shortly after Bush arrived here for talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II and al-Maliki. Bush's meeting with the king proceeded on schedule at Raghadan Palace.

The change of plans appeared to surprise some members of Bush's entourage. Boarding the motorcade for the trip to the palace, White House press secretary Pony Blow said there were still discussions about whether a photo op Wednesday night would include al-Maliki.

I love it. The first thing on their minds is the photo-op.

Just one fuckup after another, isn't it? My only question is:<--break-->

Why would anybody be surprised?

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