Here’s the full text of the joint Bush-Maliki agreement on principles for a long-term U.S. security commitment to Iraq. There’s some hilarious obfuscatorese on the question of bases and troop levels. (“Support will be provided consistent with mechanisms and arrangements to be established in the bilateral cooperation agreements mentioned herein” — in context, I promise, that translates to “let’s worry about defining the U.S. troop presence in the final agreement.”) But take a look at this key economics “principle”:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179301