Whatever rationale the Bush administration cooks up for our soon-to-be-permanent presence in Iraq, chances are it won’t compare to Nouri al-Maliki’s. Maliki went on Iraqi TV today to say that the joint agreement reached today with President Bush actually means that the U.S. presence in Iraq is… wait for it… coming to an end!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179303