Shrubya starting to look for a way out! "U.S. will leave Iraq if asked"

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WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. and coalition forces will leave Iraq if asked to do so by an interim Iraqi government, a State Department official told the House Thursday.

During occasionally combative questioning by bipartisan members of the International Relations Committee, the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman said that the United States would respect the wishes of a newly sovereign Iraq even if it meant withdrawing troops before Iraqi general elections are held in 2005. The sovereignty handover is scheduled for June 30.

Grossman repeatedly insisted that he did not believe such a request would be made by the new Iraqi body.

The notion that coalition forces would take marching orders from Iraqis was challenged by a military representative testifying before the committee. Lt. General Walter L. Sharp of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that U.S.-led multinational forces were authorized under U.N. resolutions to operate in Iraq at least until a permanent constitutional government was elected.

Which is it?

and the pollsters in the basement of the White House are calculating how many salute each one.

maybe...

:waffle:

... that if the state dept says it, you can count on the white house to do the exact opposite....

lol

14 permanent bases in Iraq. We need them to secure the oil and to provide other military adventures in the region. Remember Ledeen and the other neo-crazies promised us a regional war. We are not going to give up our economic control of Iraq's economy or oil. We will not allow a truly independent Iraqi government that would ask us to pack up and leave.

n/t

the cities and towns.

I'm beating that he will announce a big draw down of troops in early July. Start the Home Coming Parades and Parties. W will attend some of the big ones and act like a war hero. Everyone will be happy and distracted. Then after he gets reselected, everyone gets new orders to redeploy.

we killed tens of thousands of innocent people to get those oil fields
and we are not going to give them up= no matter who is elected president.

They screwed it up majorly, but are "willing" to leave it in pieces, and run away.. Let someone else clean up the mess.. Just like * has done his whole life.. Daddy'd "cleaner-uppers" will always be there to fix it for him..:(

with us.

Does anyone believe Chalabi will willingly relinquish authority?


Me Book

who IS the new Iraqi government, anyway?

Can we start laying bets on how close to the "handover" we'll learn who's getting something handed over to him/them? We're now at 45 days (Baghdad time) and counting.

Bush is such a flip-flopper it's absolutely incredible.

The guy has no principles at all, he'll flip and flop depending on which way the wind is blowing.

will ever think that it's safe without U.S. military support?

@#$!,

The Plaid Adder