Iraqi Leaders Want Timetable For Withdrawal...

Paul Bremer, 5/14/04:

"If the provisional government asks us to leave we will leave," Bremer said, referring to an Iraqi administration due to take power June 30. "I don't think that will happen, but obviously we don't stay in countries where we're not welcome."

Iraqi leaders, 11/21/05:

Iraqi leaders, meeting at a reconciliation conference in Cairo, urged an end to violence in the country and demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq. In a final statement, read by Arab League chief Amre Moussa, host of the three-day summit, they called for "the withdrawal of foreign troops according to a timetable, through putting in place an immediate national program to rebuild the armed forces.'' No date was specified.

Is the new Iraqi government just a bunch of surrender monkeys, too???

(Good pickup, MyDD...)

UPDATE: Look at this Washington Post article on the same topic. In it, Iraq's top brass not only call for a timetable for US withdrawal, but they also make it sound like they don't see violence against our troops as an act of terrorism.

Think of that from the standpoint of the American soldier...

I imagine it's hard to lay your life on the line for a country that not only doesn't grasp the sacrifice you're making, but in fact, is coming dangerously close to approving of the attacks that are killing your fellow troops on a daily basis.

Rep. Murtha had the troops' best interests at heart last week when he called for a sensible withdrawal in a reasonable amount of time in order to end the sense of a US occupation in Iraq.

More and more, his position is looking like the right one...
- posted by Brian @ 9:52 AM