As I wrote before, few politicians like it when someone tells them how to run their affairs of state. Especially when such criticism comes from someone running for high office.

Some are learning that lesson the hard, public way.

In response to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Senator Carl Levin's comments that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki should step down because his government wasn't, in their opinion, moving fast enough to stabilize his country, he said….

"There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of their villages, for example Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin. They should come to their senses."

"I don't agree with Hilary, but say that it seems that Mrs. Hillary and Mr. Carl haven't had the misfortune during their political lives of dealing with deep political disputes and problems such as those Iraq has had to deal with. Therefore, when they make judgements, they make them from a position of ignorance of what national reconciliation requires. Therefore I excuse them, and say: national reconciliation is taking place, and although it might be seen as a slow process, it is fast if compared with other such processes."

Bravo, Prime Minister.

The problem is, some people just don't listen.