Iraq wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011

Friday 31st October, 05:58 AM JST

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SezWho2 at 09:45 PM JST - 31st October

Whatever happened to "We'll leave when the Iraqis tell us to leave"?
adaydream at 09:45 PM JST - 31st October

It's either we agree to the Iraqi terms of getting out by the end of 2011 or we get out by 12/2008.

There are posters like Sarge that thinks that we'll leave when we decide to leave.

I'm glad you're wrong Sarge. We'll be out when Iraq wants us out. < :-)
Sarge at 09:51 PM JST - 31st October

Sez - It's looking like we'll be able to leave by the end of 2001, when the Iraqis ( Iraqi politicians, not the Iraqi people ) want us to leave.

adaydream - "I'm glad you're wrong Sarge"

I'm not wrong.

""We'll be out when Iraq ( Iraqi politicians ) want us out"

Possibly!
freakashow at 10:33 PM JST - 31st October

Iraq wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011

Well, dream on, if McCain gets elected.
SushiSake3 at 10:36 PM JST - 31st October

Sarge - "I'm not wrong."

Yes, you are wrong.

Oh, and Sarge, you seem to have conveniently forgotton the question I asked you earlier -

How can you on one hand say the Iraqis government is 'sovereign' and on the other hand deny that sovereignity?

Do you believe Iraq has a sovereign government, or not?

Looking forward to receiving your answer - thanks in advance!
ImperiumMundi at 11:15 PM JST - 31st October

Whatever happened to "We'll leave when the Iraqis tell us to leave"?

valid question. i always took it to mean when the overwhelming majority want us to leave we should leave.

that is not the case in japan.

i doubt it is even the case in germany.
Sarge at 11:28 PM JST - 31st October

Sushi - No, I am not wrong.

Thanks to us, Iraq has a sovereign government, and I don't deny that. I just say we're not going to leave Iraq before the Iraqis have the security situation in hand just because of some ungrateful Iraqi politicians. We wouldn't do that to the Iraqi people or ourselves. Unless Obama becomes president.
SuperLib at 12:00 AM JST - 1st November

sushi: How can you on one hand say the Iraqis government is 'sovereign' and on the other hand deny that sovereignity?

How can you read the article above and then tell us that Iraq doesn't have sovereignty?
USAFdude at 12:56 AM JST - 1st November

Iraq, we will leave when we deem you are safe and the region is secure, NOT before!

Correction: we will leave when the President of the United States of America, a.k.a. the Commander-in-Chief orders us to. President Obama will seriously consider the input of the Iraqi government leaders (you know, treat them like a sovereign, liberated, democratic nation) and respond accordingly. Far cry from the sorry-assed "president" we have now.

Also, I'd advise you to be careful of using the term "we"; it implies you fight alongside us real US troops.
SezWho2 at 12:57 AM JST - 1st November

ImperiumMundi,

I always thought it meant that we would leave when the duly elected government of the people asked us to leave.
adaydream at 01:15 AM JST - 1st November

Tell us Sarge or ImperiumMundi how we'll leave when we're damn good and ready.

Or maybe you have another definition of when we're getting our forces out of Iraq. < :-)
Good_Jorb at 04:42 AM JST - 1st November

Thanks to us, Iraq has a sovereign government, and I don't deny that. I just say we're not going to leave Iraq before the Iraqis have the security situation in hand just because of some ungrateful Iraqi politicians. We wouldn't do that to the Iraqi people or ourselves. Unless Obama becomes president.

So America(according to you) is going to dictate like any dictator worth his pay would, what it believes would be in the best interest of Iraq apon Iraqis. From one dictator to the next I suppose. Whatever Obama or McCain thinks is a moot point, Iraqi's via thier elected officials should be able to express their democratic rights and choose thier own future. If America doesn't like results, oh well, that is how a true democracy works.
ImperiumMundi at 01:37 PM JST - 1st November

clearly, the left and the supposedly anti-war crowd are embarrassed and upset. the claim that America was simply making a grab for iraq's oil, which was the hysterical 'rationale' most of them had in opposing the liberation of iraq, was misguided and even lunatic.

and it reflects very badly on them.

daily.

every day that iraq grows and prospers.

U.S. fatalities in iraq hit the lowest ever this very month.

in the last 12 months more marines in iraq have died in motorcycle accidents than have died in combat.
cleo at 01:53 PM JST - 1st November

in the last 12 months more marines in iraq have died in motorcycle accidents than have died in combat.

Maybe asking the US to leave is part of an Iraqi road safety drive.
ptolemy at 11:37 PM JST - 1st November

To quote Bush, "The people have spoken", now will the US respond as the Iraqis have spoken?