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Obama: “It’s time to succeed in Iraq”
Crooks and Liars —
... it’s now looking certain that the US will be forced to accept Iraqi demands that any new “status of forces” deal be for only 3 years and to stipulate all US troops out of Iraqi urban areas by 2009. A draft of the agreement is being circulated to Iraqi political leaders for their approval and it says that while there will be no firm schedule for a U.S. withdrawal, they want U.S. combat troops to go home by the end of 2011.
Obama already has his statement out, and it’s a doozy. (H/T Spencer Ackerman):
“I ...
About That Iraqi Timetable
Oliver Willis —
... Congratulations, Republicans, on coming around to the Democratic position. Had we never engaged in this idiocy in the first place or changed direction when it was necessary, a lot more Americans and Iraqis would be alive today. ...
John McCain’s Authenticity Has Left the Building (All 7 Or 8 of Them)
Firedoglake —
... today on the subject), the reports of a potential U.S.-Iraq withdrawal agreement has given the Obama campaign the opportunity to open a second front on this subject: ...
Timetables And Stopped Clocks
JustOneMinute —
... all along: In agreeing to pull U.S. combat troops out of Iraqi cities by June, and from the rest of the country by 2011, President Bush has apparently consented to precisely the kind of timetable that, when Democrats called for one, he dismissed as "setting a date for failure." Bush can call it an "aspirational goal" until he turns blue, but a timetable is exactly what it is, thank you very much. You're welcome. Mr. Froomkin is not a candidate for President, but let's hear from another fantasist :"I am glad that the Administration has finally shifted to accepting a timetable ...
