Cosmic Iguana - Voice of the Evil Doers

UPI:

Iraqi army officers are reportedly planning to stage a military coup with U.S. help to oust the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Cairo-based Iraqi and Arab sources said Monday several officers visited Washington recently for talks with U.S. officials on plans for replacing Maliki's administration by a "national salvation" government with the mission to re-establish security and stability in Iraq... [*]

It's Viet Nam all over again. There the US kept blaming the state of the war on the locals, and kept overthrowing the leadership, each government with less legitimacy than the one before. At least the Iraqis picked Maliki (more or less) whereas anyone who comes to power now will have no more legitimacy than Saddam and a fraction of his power.