Bush wants to target the Mahdi Army whose leader is an ally of Maliki.

This is getting more confusing all the time.

One thing for certain, Bush is no match for the leaders of the Middle East. His strategies have failed because he does not begin to understand their socio-political relationships. In fact, any attempt to apply Western logic to the Middle East is doomed to failure. Pretty soon the whole country will turn on the U.S. troops.