Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Demand For U.S. Withdrawal

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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a timetable for complete U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, confirmed Tuesday by his national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, has signaled the almost certain defeat of the George W. Bush administration's aim of establishing a long-term military presence in the country.  

  So Prime Minister al-Maliki has decided that he wants a withdrawal timetable for the U.S. troops to leave Iraq. This all sounds well and good on the face of it, but do you really think that the Bush Crime Syndicate is just going to pack up and leave all of that oil money in Iraq? I think not.

   Maliki's timetable for our troop withdrawal apparently does not state that the United States has to do so in any certain period of time. That would mean that Bush, if he would actually allow this to happen, could set a withdrawal date which could be years away from now. I doubt that we'll be leaving anytime soon, though it would be nice. You must remember that we are dealing with a criminal President in the White House.

  You can read more here about Iraq's slow drift away from Washington's influence and pressure.

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