Chas Freeman, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and a Middle East analyst, said that what is taking place in Iraq shows the ineffectiveness of all our previous efforts in this country. The French Newspaper Figaro, which published the remarks of this former US official, wrote that recent transitions in Iraq have completely destroyed the deceptive appearance that stability has been established in this country.
According to Friman/Freeman sending arms to Maliki will only intensify the situation.