07-08-2008 12:47 PM
A little over a year ago,
President Bush stated of the Iraqi government that
“If they were to say (to the U.S. to)
leave, we would leave.”
In that same statement, he cited Iraq’s right as a sovereign nation to do so.
Well, now, Iraq’s not quite asking us to leave but, is definitely ready to hand us our coats and escort us to the door.
While previously hinting about this,
Iraq is now, more or less, demanding that the U.S. set a timetable for withdrawal from this country.
Iraq is saying that it will not accept any security deal with the U.S. that does not involve such a timetable.
While the White House is trying to spin this to say that Iraq was not seeking to impose a strict timetable, the words of Iraq’s national security adviser, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, seem to point in that direction:
“Our stance in the negotiations underway with the American side will be strong … We will not accept any memorandum of understanding that doesn’t have specific dates to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq”
To me, that sounds like a call for a definitive timeline.
I’ve always believed that in order to be truly free, a people must have the right of self-determination.* Perhaps, now, Iraq is looking to assert that right.
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Iraq wants to know: “When ya leavin’?”
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