To arm or not to arm?

Recent headlines:

Reuters - U.S. should stop arming Sunni militias: PM Maliki

Al Jazeera - Maliki supports arming Sunni tribes

The Al Jazeera headline is only two hours old whereas the Reuters headline is a few days old. The logical explanation is the puppet has been manipulated by the puppet masters.

One hundred eighty degree changes in position aren't just "adjustments" in one's stand.