[lehighguy]

As I said, I was under the belief that the people we didn't like got elected and that the groups we supported largely did poorly.

I suppose one could consider that rigged, but certainly not in our favor.

As Cyrus has already pointed out the speech above is just sane public policy from the Iraqi government. The average person on the street may harbor anti-American sentiment and want to exact petty vengence, but as a leader one has to consider the effect an American pull out would have on the country. He doesn't have the luxury or just acting on his feelings. He has to begrudingly accept American involvement because the alternative is civil war.