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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Pulling out of Iraqi cities by June 30, Out of Iraq by 2011

We get word of a deal on the SoFA.
Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soon as June 30, Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.....

In addition to spelling out that U.S. troops would move out of Iraqi cities by next summer, the Iraqi government has pushed for a specific date — most likely the end of 2011 — by which all U.S. forces would depart the country.

And, notice the language. "All US forces" would depart the country. No residual force. No anti-Al Qaeda. "All US forces."

That marks another shift off the professed US policy.

2 Comments:

  • Yeah! We're only wasting 8 years in Iraq while the Soviets were in Afghanistan for 10 years! Yeah, we won!

    By Blogger matt, at 6:59 AM  

  • Yeah. Check out the post above this one where Condi Rice is trying to walk it back.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 7:04 AM  

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