The Cornerites blow a gasket over Maliki.

They're all bummed, but the Derb in particular is vewy, vewy angry at Maliki's embrace of a timetable.

We should tell Maliki, loudly and in public, that he owes his job to us, and that further prosecution of our military operations in his country will be conducted with regard only to U.S. interests, as determined in consensus by our established domestic political processes. And if he doesn't like that, he can go to hell.