Wow.
"I wish that we could receive strong messages of support from the US so we don't give some boost to the terrorists and make them feel that they might have achieved success," Mr Maliki told reporters in Baghdad yesterday.
He took issue with comments by the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, that the Iraqi government was living on "borrowed time".
"I believe that such statements give moral boosts to the terrorists and push them towards making an extra effort and making them believe that they have defeated the American administration, but I can tell you that they haven't defeated the Iraqi government."
