Here’s another flashback…. al Sadr’s threatening to revive his Mahdi militia to again fight the US in Iraq if they do not leave as promised. Apparently, on Gates’ visit to Iraq this week, he told al-Maliki that Obama was quite willing to let them stay longer, if they asked.
Under a security agreement between Washington and Baghdad, U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Iraq at the end of 2011. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who needed al-Sadr’s support to keep his job after his party failed to win a majority in national elections last year, has said repeatedly he believes the American forces will no longer be needed in Iraq by next year.
But many Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers want U.S. troops to stay, fearing Iraq is still too unstable to be able to protect itself should Iran begin to play a more active role in the country after American forces leave.
Visiting Iraq this week, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Obama administration is willing to keep troops in Iraq past 2011. After meeting with al-Maliki and other leaders during his two-day visit, Gates signaled that scenario was becoming increasingly likely.
doh!
What was that about cutting defense budgets again? And getting out of Iraq??
L I A R!
Old TROOPER 2 , YES, ONLY WORDS for his election package.
bye
Here’s another flashback…. al Sadr’s threatening to revive his Mahdi militia to again fight the US in Iraq if they do not leave as promised. Apparently, on Gates’ visit to Iraq this week, he told al-Maliki that Obama was quite willing to let them stay longer, if they asked.
doh!
What was that about cutting defense budgets again? And getting out of Iraq??