Email Story

Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq

Firedoglake found this 11/20/2008 on mcclatchydc.com

WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for the next three years than the U.S. had ever ...