al-Maliki doesn't want more U.S. troops in Iraq

I hadn't focused on this paragraph in today's Wall Street Journal article on Bush's plan to increase troop strength in Baghdad until now:

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has flatly told Gen. George Casey, the top American military commander in Iraq, that he doesn't want more U.S. personnel deployed to the country, according to U.S. military officials. The U.S. sent thousands of additional combat personnel to Baghdad earlier this year in an attempt to quell the daily violence there, but American officials say Mr. Maliki has made clear that he wants to see those forces -- except for U.S. trainers and advisers -- moved out of the city.

Doesn't sound as though we're going to get much help from these Iraqis we're trying to "stand up" so we can "stand down," does it?