A little more on Iraq Timeline
We posted here the other day about Maliki’s reported insistence on a firm, unconditional timetable for withdrawal, and the Bush administration’s insistence that any provision for withdrawing troops in its eventual agreement with Iraq would be based on “conditions on the ground” as assessed by the US.
McClatchy’s Leila Fadel, however, reported further on Maliki’s remarks, quoting a statement by Maliki that a firm, unconditional date for withdrawal had already been agreed to:
Maliki said that the United States and Iraq had agreed that all foreign troops would be off Iraqi soil by the end of 2011. “There is an agreement actually reached, reached between the two parties on a fixed date, which is the end of 2011, to end any foreign presence on Iraqi soil,” Maliki said.
Someone here isn’t telling the truth: either the Bush administration, or the Prime Minister of Iraq in whom we’ve invested 35,000 casualties and $3 trillion to bring to power.
