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Iraq's cabinet approves U.S.-Iraq security pact

World Nov. 17, 2008 - 05:42AM JST ( 22 )

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rajakumarNov. 16, 2008 - 06:45PM JST

Iraq cabinet/ministers vote fast get things moving, time does not wait for iraqis to catch up with neighbours in terms of economic progress.
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powderfingerNov. 16, 2008 - 08:15PM JST

Yup. Just as Bush and sarge predicted they would.
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SargeNov. 16, 2008 - 08:40PM JST

President-elect Obama's promised to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq by July 2010 ( 16 months after he takes office ) so this pact allowing U.S. forces to stay until the end of 2011 is moot.
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smithinjapanNov. 16, 2008 - 10:00PM JST

While I'm sure Obama will bring most of the troops home by the time he promised, I'm sure he would not be opposed to leaving a very small force there for training/security if Iraqis insist. On the other hand, if they insist, as they have been, that US forces begin withdrawing and ALL of them should be out, that'll happen as well.

"It provides for the departure of U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of 2011 and gives Iraq the right to try U.S. soldiers and defense contractors in the case of serious crimes committed off-duty and off-base. It also prohibits the U.S. from using Iraqi territory to attack Iraq’s neighbors, like Syria and Iran."

Well, we'll see how well this goes over. I wonder if the 'no bombing the neighbours' applies to Pakistan's borders as well.
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SargeNov. 16, 2008 - 10:08PM JST

Obama will probably be able to withdraw ( he's not going to bring all of the troops home, he's going to re-deploy a lot of them in Afghanistan and other places ) most of the troops by July 2010, leaving a free Iraq, because of the Bush administration's unpopular but correct decisions, which Obama was against, and yet he will take credit for it. Incredible...
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SezWho2Nov. 16, 2008 - 11:13PM JST

Iraq is free of Saddam. Other than that, it is not free.
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adaydreamNov. 16, 2008 - 11:43PM JST

I'm glad that they got the pact resolved and approved by the Iraqi gov't. But the three years shouldn't be needed. Obama should have most of the troops out in the 16 months. It does give a little leway for unforseen problems.

I'll be glad to see all the troops out of Iraq. < :-)
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adaydreamNov. 17, 2008 - 03:29AM JST

We've destroyed a nation, we've been told to get the hell out of the country we liberated and it wasn't until after the new president was elected and it's Barack Obama did they give give us the time needed to get the hell out honorably.

Get over it. george bush screwed up. Don't try to put some positive spin on disaster and failure.

If Iraq had not approved the past, then we'd have been locked up on our bases and being shoved out as fast as we could feasilby get out, with or without our equipment. < :-)
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WolfpackNov. 17, 2008 - 04:30AM JST

Now that the Iaqi cabinet has approved the security pact, American oil companies can return to raping the nation of it's oil. Oh I forgot, that's the propaganda of the Democrat party, not reality.
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rjd_jrNov. 17, 2008 - 04:58AM JST

About time, sad that it took such foot dragging and senseless loss of American and coalition lives for this folly to progress. Shame on this cabinet and about time. Bring them home.
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goodDonkeyNov. 17, 2008 - 09:31AM JST

There is a provision that allows the U.S. to extend the date of withdrawal past thee 2011 date. If McCain had been elected they would not have approved this security pact. Not only the Iraqi cabinet but it became obvious that the Iraqi people trusted Obama with their future. It was important for the Iraqi people to be able to trust the incoming president not to want to "decide to stay" later on. It provided the decision makers with political cover.
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powderfingerNov. 17, 2008 - 09:45AM JST

"We've destroyed a nation,"

No, we haven't.

"we've been told to get the hell out of the country we liberated"

Can you read? The Iraqi Cabinet approved the security pact.

You got the "liberated" part right. Good work.

"and it wasn't until after the new president was elected and it's Barack Obama did they give give us the time needed to get the hell out honorably."

Spin,reach,turn,twist,grasp at staws...
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SargeNov. 17, 2008 - 09:50AM JST

"it ( Iraq ) is not free"

Hey, it's not as free as the USA, but it's free enough to have had elections that even the U.N. said were free and fair.
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powderfingerNov. 17, 2008 - 01:03PM JST

Iraq could teach the EU a thing or two about getting a constitution in order and ratified.
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adaydreamNov. 17, 2008 - 02:39PM JST

Boys, I'm glad you're proud of george bush's war, because that's his legacy.

Like I said, the Iraqis waited to see who got elected before they agreed and signed the pact. They wanted to know who they were going to have to deal with before they agreed to anything. < :-)
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SezWho2Nov. 17, 2008 - 04:07PM JST

Free elections do not make a free country.

FDR stated 4 very clear freedoms--freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Democracy is a good thing when practiced by those with historical antecedents for it. But democracy does not imply freedom.

That the Iraqi cabinet approved this pact is a hopeful sign. But that is all it is--a hopeful sign in a country that has held free and fair elections and is still not free.
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powderfingerNov. 17, 2008 - 04:41PM JST

"Free elections do not make a free country."

What country, in your opinion, is truly free?
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RomeoRamenIINov. 17, 2008 - 06:31PM JST

Iraq’s cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday

But, but, but the Iraqi people hate us! The liberal media have been saying so every day for more than five years now.
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RomeoRamenIINov. 17, 2008 - 06:34PM JST

Yet another sad day for all global liberals as Iraq just shot down their "illegal invasion" mantra.
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powderfingerNov. 17, 2008 - 07:16PM JST

"Iraq's cabinet approves U.S.-Iraq security pact"

The Left needs to apologize for opposing the surge.

Will Obama be man enough?
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SuperLibNov. 18, 2008 - 12:07AM JST

Iraq could teach the EU a thing or two about getting a constitution in order and ratified.

Ouch.