From the New York Times:
BAGHDAD, July 14 — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki declared Saturday that Iraqi forces could secure the country on their own “any time” American troops decided to withdraw, his first response to the White House report this week that found his government falling well short of many political reforms and military goals sought by Congress.
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“We say with confidence that we are capable, God willing, of taking full responsibility for the security file if the international forces withdraw in any time they wish,” Mr. Maliki said.
As our president tells us so often, Iraq is a sovereign country and a democracy. Remember the purple fingers? The US is now an occupying force. If the prime minister of Iraq says about us that we can "withdraw in any time they wish," then the vast majority of the American people wish to begin an orderly withdrawal now. How orderly the withdrawal can be at this point is questionable.
Mr President, Mr. Vice-President, members of the US congress, hear the voices of the American people. Bring the troops home now!
Amen! Let us spend any further money and time on rebuilding what we have destroyed, both physically and in terms of peace and human rights. We owe the (surviving) civilians that.
ReplyDeleteOh, God, we have so much blood on our hands. We are responsible for the destruction of a whole society, a whole country.
ReplyDeleteLord, have mercy.