Iraq's new 'take-charge' leader

VIDEO: President Bush and Tony Blair call new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki a "take-charge guy," but how ready is he to assume security control of his country? NBC's Richard Engel asks him in an interview.

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Richard, you had 45 minutes with al-Maliki what is your impression of what he is saying? Can he do what he is saying? There will be a lot of opposition to what he is trying to do that is a given I think in that part of the world, but are there enough peace loving and good people that can, if they have to, fight for what he is trying to accomplish? Will he really be a strong enough leader and still be able to not become like past leaders and dictators of that region? Will enough good people stay long enough to take back the country from the terrorists and murderers that are trying to take over? Also, can they ever really get rid of people like Al-Zarquaoui or Osama Bin Laden for good? We have our “bad” people here in America but I think in our case the "good" people are more and stronger so we tend to keep the “bad” people at bay. Will the Middle East ever get to that point? One can only hope they will and soon…

Julia, Mesa, AZ (Sent May 25, 2006 6:26:03 PM)

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