A few days after the rest of the country began to debate over how well the Iraqi Prime Minister was doing at his job, Obama called for an end to what he sees as a distraction. Hillary Clinton called for the removal of Nouri al-Maliki, citing that he was not doing the job he was supposed to do, and that someone else could do it better. Clinton released a statement from the Senate Armed Services Committee, stating that Maliki was not doing his job, and that the government was nonfunctional.
According to USA Election Polls (USAElectionPolls.com), Obama is trailing Hillary Clinton by about 20% in the national polls. John Edwards has been making small gains in the past two months and Bill Richardson continues to do quite well in Iowa.
Obama called this a distraction tactic, mentioning that no matter how many different people the United States replaces Maliki with, the fact remains that the underlying political dynamic is not working or changing, and therefore there is no progress to be seen in Iraq.
Obama maintains that even though some parts of the surge appear to be working in some areas of Iraq, he believes that the US should begin an orderly withdrawal from the country as soon as possible. He maintains that focusing on the leader, at this time, is simply a way to distract the nation from the other things that are going wrong with Iraq. In his opinion, the troops should be taken out as soon as possible and should return to the United States so that they can concentrate on other matters. Clinton has remained focused on being more pro-war as the election continues. She has maintained that a withdrawal is not a good idea at the present moment.
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