Our strategy can be summed up this way: As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.”
Well that was 3 years ago or 1102 days.
So….the Iraqi’s are standing up now and look what we want to do…
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of U.S troops in Iraq before the end of the Bush presidency, according to senior U.S. officials, effectively leaving talks over an extended U.S. military presence there to the next administration
We don’t want to stand down now? I don’t get it
oh, hey….gee, hey look, another “immunity” issue.
The most contentious unresolved issue is the legal immunity of U.S. troops and Defense Department personnel from Iraqi prosecution for any alleged crime. “We’re trying to come onto the same page,” a second U.S. official close to the negotiations said. “But with U.S. forces in potential combat situations, we have some real bottom lines.