7 July 2008 67 views Comments Print  Email This

No one is more pro-troop than me, and I would never, ever wish America to accept any form of defeat or humiliation, but if this is what the El Hefe of Iraq is saying then give it to them.

Iraq’s prime minister has for the first time publicly called for a US troop withdrawal timetable.

Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that a military agreement the two countries are negotiating should include provisions for the withdrawal of American troops.

In a meeting with Arab ambassadors in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, al-Maliki said Iraq had proposed a short-term interim memorandum of agreement rather than the more formal status of forces agreement the two sides have been negotiating.

"Negotiations are ongoing with the US side and the current attitude is to reach a memorandum of understanding either for immediate US forces withdrawal or timetable withdrawal," he said on Monday.

The memorandum "now on the table" includes a formula for the withdrawal of US troops, he said.

"The goal is to end the presence [of foreign troops]," al-Maliki said.

The prime minister offered few details, but his national security adviser, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, told The Associated Press that the government was proposing a timetable contingent on Iraqi forces being able to provide security.

Let him know a date in secret and be done with the whole thing.  Africa could use some cleaning up if we’re ever to expect the tons of money we send there to ever do any good.  Or better yet, send all of the troops in Iraq to Afghanistan.

After reading this, we should all be re-evaluating our stance on Iraq.  With words like this it will be hard to explain any legitimate reasoning for staying much longer.

We definitely should be seeing some sweet oil deals come our way for the favor of liberating them though.