Axelrod: Maliki asks Bush for more "tools" in Iraq

So are those "tools" going to come in the form of more U.S. soldiers used as helpless human shields in Baghdad?  Jim Axelrod of CBS news analyzes the press conference today between Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki:

This follows a very difficult two days as far as their relationship was concerned.  A classified memo was leaked to the New York Times that quoted National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley as being worried that Maliki had the skills to lead Iraq.  Today, Bush and Maliki did their best to dismiss this rift:

"He's the right guy for Iraq," Bush said of al-Maliki after the two met Thursday.

"There is no problem," declared al-Maliki.

For many reasons, including the reason stated above, this was one of the worst foreign policy trips of any U.S. President.  The leader of the free world was snubbed, and couldn't do anything about it.  Bush has lost control of almost anything that goes on in Iraq.