Iraqi Prime Minister Calls for Date of Withdrawal for US Troops

AP: Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.

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July 8, 2008 at 11:09 am - AP
Dateline: Baghdad, Iraq
Sean   July 8th, 2008 - 11:10 am

Iraq can talk the talk. But can they walk the walk.

I’ll bet they are looking for another large sponsor, like Russia or China.

credible   July 8th, 2008 - 12:04 pm

What a bunch of ingrates!

kevin   July 8th, 2008 - 12:19 pm

How long will he stay alive after American troops stop protecting him?

Cognitive Dissident   July 8th, 2008 - 12:33 pm

Memo to Bush & Gang:
your own Middle East Democracy is calling your bluff!

Either pack it up and get out…
or reveal your true purpose.

tduck   July 8th, 2008 - 1:13 pm

…let’s packup and leave tomorrow.
…when we have to come back , we nuke and keep
it all .

Cognitive Dissident   July 8th, 2008 - 1:36 pm

The Bush administration and its supporters have been clamoring for months now “The surge is working! The surge is working!”

There can be no imaginable further proof and validation of this statement than what we see here today.

If an initial validation of the war were the Iraqi’s welcoming waves and cheers, then on the same token, this is a final validation that our work is done, and victory can legitimately be declared.

The democracy-enriched Iraqi people are thanking us for our efforts, and telling us that their okay on their own now. If this is not the surest sign of victory, then what greater victory can be imagined?

Sean   July 8th, 2008 - 1:40 pm

“Cognitive Dissident July 8th, 2008 – 1:36 pm

The Bush administration and its supporters have been clamoring for months now “The surge is working! The surge is working!”

There can be no imaginable further proof and validation of this statement than what we see here today.

If an initial validation of the war were the Iraqi’s welcoming waves and cheers, then on the same token, this is a final validation that our work is done, and victory can legitimately be declared.

The democracy-enriched Iraqi people are thanking us for our efforts, and telling us that their okay on their own now. If this is not the surest sign of victory, then what greater victory can be imagined?”

I dont know if that is sarcasm I detect…but, in some strange way, it made me feel good :D

TomBrooklyn   July 8th, 2008 - 3:36 pm

Excellent. Let’s leave tommorrow. Bush has cemented his legacy as the worst president in the history of the US for invading Iraq in the first place, and then for screwing the place up and staying there.

Sean   July 8th, 2008 - 4:02 pm

“TomBrooklyn July 8th, 2008 – 3:36 pm

Excellent. Let’s leave tommorrow. Bush has cemented his legacy as the worst president in the history of the US for invading Iraq in the first place, and then for screwing the place up and staying there.”

You voted for Spitzer didn’t ya?
C’mon! Admit it!

BamBam   July 8th, 2008 - 4:04 pm

TomBrooklyn…screwing the place up…are you kidding me??? Ask a Kurd that same question.

CredibleNot   July 8th, 2008 - 5:46 pm

Serves us right for being so arrogant and stupid as to get involved with those (wily) Middle Easterners in the first place. (Sort of reminds me of the slave who shifted and finally got Massuh off his back!)

Unfortunately, USA will PAY DEARLY for this stupidity, and our payments will go forward into history for a long, long time.

Are you happy now, all you Bushites, now that the noble “mission’s accomplished”??

Tubby   July 8th, 2008 - 6:01 pm

This story was full of lots of double speak; it makes it seem like on the surface that all of Iraq wants the USA gone ASAP, but then as the story continues the tone sorta softens to make it sound as if Iraq just wants to talk about some sort of lose time frame for drawing down US forces.
Either way the USA military has kicked the ever lovin cra*p out of Al Qeada in Iraq and have left the Iraqi people with a fundamental structure of representative democracy. Victory is getting closer but not yet won.

jbh50   July 8th, 2008 - 6:56 pm

The Prime Minister’s statement is for political expediency. He has trying to balance several political factions in his governement.

The US will stand down when they are able to stand up. This is happening one city / region at a time. If our politicians stay the course, we will see greater troop reductions in 18 months.

Just stay the course!

Nuri al-Maliki   July 8th, 2008 - 7:06 pm

Tubby & jbh50,

“Victory is getting closer but not yet won.”

“If our politicians stay the course, we will see greater troop reductions in 18 months.”

I hope you both are correct.

“The Prime Minister’s statement is for political expediency. He has trying to balance several political factions in his government.”

In other words, he cannot hold onto his power and look like a US puppet at the same time. This may be true – however, I would not waive this off as “purely political”. We have “complex” negotiations going on there right now that affect if the US will have permanent bases there or not. Politically speaking, Maliki and the like will have a hard time accepting such a treaty.

JackS   July 8th, 2008 - 8:13 pm

We should leave as soon as they pay up in barrels of oil for the entire operation from day one. Why should they not pay in oil for their own “liberation”. Why should Americans pay and die as well for it when Iraq has plenty of oil to pay with. When we liberated Kuwait from Saddam we got nothing for it and America paid the whole thing as well as lost lives for their sake. Why were they not required to pay our costs? A country of rich oil sheiks and they say “Thanks, now get the hell out”.

America should be referred to as Super Sucker not as Super Power.

Truth First   July 9th, 2008 - 2:15 am

In 1993 America failed to established a military base of operations on the eastern shore of Africa in Somalia. After being driven out by the African resistance led by Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the Americans plotted new ways to assert their power in the African region.

They used a new tactic in creating a phoney threat of “Islamic terror” and claimed that “terrorists” were based in Africa. Nations such as Sudan came under American attack but fortunately there were unable to gain the upper hand.

After staging the so-called 9/11 attack, America started a global campaign of hostility under the false pretense of fighting “terror”. In 2001 America attacked Afghanistan and in 2003 Iraq was invaded by America. Iraq is a key target for the Americans since it can put them in a stronger positon to attack Africa in the future.

The American war-master who currently leads the war on Iraq is a General Petraus who is a descendant of the Roman invaders who raped Africa over a 1,000 years ago.

http://truthfirstnow.blogspot.com

JackS   July 9th, 2008 - 2:54 pm

Africa’s problems have nothing to do with America. Since Zimbabwe under Rob’t Mugabe has murdered white farmers and attempted to drive the remaining white farmers out of the country, they have fallen from a prosperous, food exporting country to famine, starvation and tyranny. Typical black Marxist leadership. South Africa under Marxist Mandela is heading the same way. Infrastructure and medical is crumbling under black rule because they are incapable of governing themselves.

The best thing for Africa would be more white rule, not less.

As far as 9/11 being an inside job, no one has established that the 19 Saudi Arabian hijackers were anything other than Wahabi Muslim extremists and citizens of Saudi Arabia.

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