SEN. LEVIN MEDDLES IN IRAQ, CALLS FOR REPLACEMENT OF AL MALIKI

Who the heck does Senator Carl M. Levin (D. Mich.) think he is, calling for the replacement of Nouri Al Maliki as Iraq's prime minister?

So even for a Democratic senator, it is okay to meddle in the internal affairs of another sovereign nation? Or is it that Iraq is merely America's puppet?

Suppose some French or Italian senator called for the replacement of George Bush as president? We know that Bush is a crummy, self-serving and awful president. Yet even though getting rid of Bush might be good in itself, most Americans would bitterly resent the meddling and interference of someone who was not even a citizen of the U.S. calling for the replacement of the elected president.

Levin's reckless statement is another unfortunate example of "American exceptionalism," whereby Americans think that only they have the ultimate answers and that they are always on the side of righteousness and justice.