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I Hate It Here, Get Me Out Of Here
Firedoglake —
After years of telling the country that setting a date for withdrawal from Iraq would lead to total disaster -- "I believe setting a deadline for withdrawal would demoralize the Iraqi people, would encourage killers across the broader Middle East, and send a signal that America will not keep its commitment," said George W. Bush on May 1, 2007 -- an out-of-options Bush may be about to capitulate to a 2011 withdrawal of combat troops, according to the Wall Street Journal. ...
Bush Moves To Remove Iraq From The Campaign By... Adopting Obama's Position-- McCain Too Busy Counting His Homes To Realize
DownWithTyranny! —
... After a sudden and unannounced flight, Condoleeza Rice is in Baghdad this morning. She's hammering the Iraqi political leadership on the timing of the withdrawal of U.S. forces And on the issue of extraterritoriality (i.e.- the "issue of immunity for American troops from Iraqi prosecution.") The U.S. and Iraq have been haggling over this since early March and Condi said, “This agreement will be ready when it’s ready." ...
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d r i f t g l a s s —
"Mime Fable" (photo from here) The NYT reports on uppity Iraqis who apparently think they own the place. Draft Accord Said to Set Goals for Iraq Pullout By STEPHEN FARRELL BAGHDAD — The United States has agreed to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by next June and from the rest of the country by the end of 2011 if conditions in Iraq remain relatively stable, according to Iraqi and American officials involved in negotiating a security accord governing American forces there. The withdrawal ...
Cutting and Running
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
15 minutes ago this kind of talk was treason. Meanwhile our man in Baghdad has his own plans.
The End of the Iraq War Is in Sight
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... The End of the Iraq War Is in Sight american_flag_iraq165.gif So at this point there is no doubt: the Bush Administration supports a timetable for withdrawal. Specifically, it supports withdrawing American troops out of Iraqi cities by summer 2009 and out of the rest of the country by the end of 2011. Those are the terms of a draft accord the Bush Administration is putting in front of Iraq's leaders for ratification. The quickness with which American combat operations are supposed to cease is reportedly the price the Administration had to pay for the Iraqi government's ...
