Iraqi PM Demands Pullout Timetable
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki dug in his heels Monday on the future of the U.S. military in Iraq, insisting that all foreign soldiers leave the country by a specific date in 2011 and rejecting legal immunity for American troops. Despite the tough words, al-Maliki’s aides insisted a compromise could be found on the two main stumbling blocks to an accord governing the U.S. military presence in Iraq after a United Nations mandate expires at the end of the year. Last week, U.S. and Iraqi officials said the two sides agreed tentatively to a schedule that includes a broad pullout of combat troops by the end of 2011 with the possibility that a residual U.S. force might stay behind to continue training and advising Iraqi security services.
Nice stab in the back by al-Maliki. After becoming the Prime Minister of Iraq due to the U.S. Led liberation of that country, he now wants to dictate the where and when to the U.S. What stinks like camel dung is that the Iraqis now want to have the approval power over our troops campaigns in Iraq. That would work well as there government probably has more leaks than a sieve. The only problem with those leaks is that they can cost American lives. Do you think the Iraqi government is ready to take over everything in Iraq?
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The biggest problem with a timetable is that our enemies will be right back in Iraq as soon as we leave. And the rest of the world will blame the US for leaving too soon. Damned if you do and Damned if you don't.
Exactly. which is why we have to get the Iraqis as ready as possible to deal with enemies, as well as keep a reasonably subtle force there, to root out the rats.
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