We traded a Sunni tyrant for a Shia majority in Iraq that will be closely aligned with Iran...
Both the Mahdi army and the Badr corps are funded, trained and have close ties to the Iranian Qods force...

Although Maliki is attempting to do the right thing banning armed militia parties from government (they can be only one "army" in a nation-state), the effort is likely to cause his downfall.

Iraq is simply not ready to be a representative democracy. These people place far more importance on religious matters than political reconciliation. The fast we realize this and get out the better...