John Burns: “the Maliki government -- and in a sense, who can blame them -- has been preparing for some time for an eventual American…”

The idea that you have a political leader, the prime minister, right involved in the operational chain of command, picking targets, picking who you go after and who you don't go after.

The problem is Iraqi history, Anderson. You have a Shiite community that won power at the polls under American protection, that had waited a thousand years for this opportunity.

We are implementing a strategy to embolden a government that is actually part of the problem... We are being played like a pawn.

There's a major problem ahead. The renegotiation of the constitution will go to some very, very divisive issues.