Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout in 2006 »
Posted By Neophile 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Many official and unofficial proponents of a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq are dismissing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a U.S. timeline for withdrawal as political posturing, assuming that he will abandon it under pressure. But that demand was foreshadowed by an episode in June 2006 in which al-Maliki circulated a draft policy calling for negotiation of just such a withdrawal timetable and the George W. Bush administration had to intervene to force the prime minister to drop it.
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quackpot1 year, 4 months ago
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Maliki is playing both sides of the game.
Side 1: Urge U.S. withdrawal to his Iraqi opponents
Side 2: Gladly accept the hundreds of billions of U.S. money that Bush is throwing at himThe absurdity of the entire game is highlighted by the state of the Iraq Army and Police Forces even after five-plus years of training.
The only way to end the game is to stop trowing dollars, which will force the Iraqi government to actually do something about their own defense. In this respect, it is nice that McCain and Obama both agree about a removal of U.S. troops. The only difference is that McCain's plan prolongs the tossing of dollars a bit longer.
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donald511 year, 4 months ago
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5 years of training? Part of Petraues surge was to take over training as the Bush contractors basically failed fro 4 years... like the building of the Iraqi police academy which is now condemned ,or the 32 million to that Florida Company to built barracks that were never built, or the 40 million Khan Bani prison that is unuseable.
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