About that immediate withdrawal from Iraq (flag)
www.qando.net — N o immediate closure of Gitmo and now this? The leftoids must be about to explode : Since the November election, however, the U.S. and Iraq have signed a new security agreement that provides for all the more than 140,000 U.S. troops to leave by 2012, despite concerns among senior U.S. ...
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But did Biden offer to cut up Iraq?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... retreat from fixed-timetable withdrawals, although that’s less of an issue now that Iraq has mostly gotten control of its own territory.  They’ll still need plenty of air and naval assistance for at least a decade, and the SOFA has enough flexibility for Obama and Maliki to adjust American military levels to suit the situation.  The Left will have a fit, but Biden’s signaling that Obama intends to make use of that flexibility, and that’s a good thing for both Iraq and the US.  (via Q&O )

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