The Iraqi Prime Minister recently made some eyebrow-raising statements concerning political upheaval in Washington that could lead to a sudden pull-out of the U.S. military from Iraq. Said he: "...American troops can leave anytime they want." He also said that Iraqi troops are capable of taking over.
Really? Since when, exactly?
That sounds like bravado backed up by facts not in evidence. I would think that we've heard enough bravado in this war to make everyone uneasy over his choice of words. I believe al-Maliki misspoke and hurt his own cause.
It smells of someone else standing on the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier with a "Mission Accomplished" banner over his shoulder, stating that major combat operations in Iraq were at an end, or that same person's declaration that he didn't care if bin-Laden was brought in, "dead or alive."
Politicians are the same the world over.
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He is probably thinking that al Qaeda and the Iranian Quds will provide that "stability" if we left. You know, we took more time giving Germany a bit more autonomy after WWII than we did these "carpetbaggers". I just don't think you can implement Democracy, or something close to it, in Iraq without a significant amount of leadership "shakeup" on both sides of the fence.
They will never understand nor will we be able to implement "Democracy" there.
Let's get serious, it just won't work there and I agree that Al Qaeda and the QUDs will move in. Let them. Let them bomb each other into a more manageable size.
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