.Iraqi Cabinet: Three More Years Sound Good
"The Iraqi Cabinet voted today in favor of a security agreement that will keep US forces in Iraq until the end of 2011. It looks like they're not waiting to negotiate with Obama, right?
Key points: 1) US forces out of Iraqi towns and cities by the summer of 2009, just a few months away, really, 2) US forces out of the country by the end of 2011, a definite withdrawal date, and 3) US forces have immunity from prosecution except for felonies committed while off their bases. It looks like both sides compromised on the agreement.
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Meanwhile Shaggy, down on the farm south of Baghdad, reports on the first harvest that he has overseen. And no, that is NOT a photo of Shaggy.
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On the comments pages over at Abbas's (Iraq is Catch-22: I Give Up), I've been following the exchanges between Touta, a young Iraqi woman, and Abbas, both of whom are wrestling with pessimism about the future of Iraq. She had mentioned that in the villages women in Iraq usually did not wear jeans. In Baghdad, however, it was different:"
IBC
Key points: 1) US forces out of Iraqi towns and cities by the summer of 2009, just a few months away, really, 2) US forces out of the country by the end of 2011, a definite withdrawal date, and 3) US forces have immunity from prosecution except for felonies committed while off their bases. It looks like both sides compromised on the agreement.
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Meanwhile Shaggy, down on the farm south of Baghdad, reports on the first harvest that he has overseen. And no, that is NOT a photo of Shaggy.
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On the comments pages over at Abbas's (Iraq is Catch-22: I Give Up), I've been following the exchanges between Touta, a young Iraqi woman, and Abbas, both of whom are wrestling with pessimism about the future of Iraq. She had mentioned that in the villages women in Iraq usually did not wear jeans. In Baghdad, however, it was different:"
IBC
posted by madtom at 3:21 PM
4 Comments:
At least we now have hope of getting out of the Iraq quagmire.
Why do you think that?
Do you think there is at least a chance, that now we have three more years to buy a few more votes?
I think that because if not for a timeline we would occupy Iraq indefinitely.
It all depends in how you define "occupy"
We could just as easily "occupy" Iraq from here with no boots on the ground. Or we could end the occupation and still leave plenty of troops in Iraq.
I would agree that the occupation should end, but our troops should stay to build alliances and protect the Kurds.
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