{"id":2021,"date":"2008-07-08T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2008-07-08T20:46:27","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T00:46:27","slug":"iraq-wants-withdrawal-timetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=2021","title":{"rendered":"Iraq wants withdrawal timetables?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story has been making top-of-the-hour news broadcasts all day. Every news service has been gloating how the Iraqis don’t want us there anymore. Search Technorati<\/a> using the terms “withdrawal timetable” and you get a whole bunch of equally pleased anti-war types who think they finally have proof that we’re an occupying power.<\/p>\n

Even the Washington Post<\/a> gleefully publishes the ultimatum;<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in the holy city of Najaf, National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie declined to provide specific dates, but said his government is “impatiently waiting” for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops.<\/p>\n

“There should not be any permanent bases in Iraq unless these bases are under Iraqi control,” Rubaie said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The commenters at WaPo<\/a> are peeing their Depends with glee.<\/p>\n

AFP<\/a> is positively giddy;<\/p>\n

The United States said Tuesday it would not divulge details of talks with Iraq over a security agreement, after Baghdad threatened to reject any pact unless it contained a specific timetable for withdrawal of US-led foreign forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the part they’re not quoting is surprisingly found buried in an Associated Press<\/a> article;<\/p>\n

The Iraqi proposal stipulates that, once Iraqi forces have resumed security responsibility in all 18 of Iraq’s provinces, U.S.-led forces would then withdraw from all cities in the country.<\/p>\n

After that, the country’s security situation would be reviewed every six months, for three to five years, to decide when U.S.-led troops would pull out entirely, al-Adeeb said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who else has mentioned that the withdrawals were expected from the just the cities? Who else has mentioned that final withdrawal will be subject to semi-annual review? As far as I can tell, no one. Now, AP has a couple of articles<\/a> out on the same story, so I screen capped it just in case they decide to keep the disingenuous article over this one. Click the picture for a legible view;<\/p>\n

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So, we’re not being asked for a time table to withdraw from the entire country. We’re being asked to withdraw from the cities to the countryside – like we were in Germany. So it’s not really as big a deal as the media would like to make of it. AP sure makes it hard to stick to my boycott of them when they tell the truth.<\/p>\n

Welcome Gateway Pundit<\/a> readers – and thanks, Jim once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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