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Originally Posted by mallen10
Iraq's central government is calling for a timetable to withdrawal in its current negotiations with the U.S. State Department. That sounds like the Iraqi's are against Bush's and McCains plans of staying the course for 10, 20, 50, or 100 years. Iraq's prime minister is saying either a timetable for withdrawal, or immediate withdrawal. Sounds like the Iraqi government is behind Obama's position for bring our troops home.
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The fact that there is an ability for the government to make take such a position is the direct result of the course being stayed, the surge being implemented, and definately not meant to extend support to a freshman senator/community activist's position (now apparently being rethought) to unilateraly abandon the Iraqi's to their fate, by imposition of a timeline established for political expediency.
It is also an appeal to the patriotism/nationalism of the Iraqi people prior to their elections, and I am sure the actual terms, as opposed to the rhetoric, will provide for a substantial presence for the next few years, whether or not Barack Obama is elected (and I am almost certainly sure he will be).
I shudder to think what would have happened if the Durbin/Murtha/Code Pink crowd had got their way a couple of years ago.