If you’re like most Americans and most Iraqis, chances are you think a normal state of affairs between the two nations is not one in which, say, U.S. troops walk the streets of Baghdad. Well, all you’ve done is prove your unfitness to serve in the Bush administration. Today, the administration has spun the forthcoming permanent U.S. troop presence as amounting to a “normalization” of relations.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179300