Saturday, July 19, 2008

Iraq's Maliki Backs Obama, Not McCain


Oh Johnny boy, this has got to sting.

Iraqi prime minister Nouri al Maliki has told Der Spiegel that Barack Obama's 16-month timeframe for withdrawal of American forces from Iraq is spot on:

"Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports US presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months. When asked in and interview with SPIEGEL when he thinks US troops should leave Iraq, Maliki responded "as soon as possible, as far as we are concerned." He then continued: "US presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes."

Oops, that isn't going to sit well for John, 100-Years War, McCain.

"...apparently referring to Republican candidate John McCain's more open-ended Iraq policy, Maliki said: "Those who operate on the premise of short time periods in Iraq today are being more realistic. Artificially prolonging the tenure of US troops in Iraq would cause problems."

Iraq, Maliki went on to say, "would like to see the establishment of a long-term strategic treaty with the United States, which would govern the basic aspects of our economic and cultural relations." He also emphasized though that the security agreement between the two countries should only "remain in effect in the short term."


Maliki went on to say that he wasn't expressly endorsing Obama, just his policy on Iraq.

"So far the Americans have had trouble agreeing to a concrete timetable for withdrawal, because they feel it would appear tantamount to an admission of defeat," Maliki told SPIEGEL.

6 comments:

Johnathon said...
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Johnathon said...

There have been 4,436 coalition deaths -- 4,122 Americans, two Australians, one Azerbaijani, 176 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, five Georgians, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of July 18, 2008, according to a CNN count.


Remember these countries that helped Iraq.

LeDaro said...

None of these deaths would have happened if there was not the stupidest person (if you can call him a person) of the world Pres of US. Plus the death of, according to some estimates, over million Iraqis and millions more displaced and living in squalor. Time for reality check.

Johnathon said...

"None of these deaths would have happened if there was not the stupidest person (if you can call him a person) of the world Pres of US"

You're right Ledaro, Saddam would have massacred hundreds of thousands of his own people.

President Bush is seen as a liberator in the free world.

He is a great leader who deserves a "NOBEL" peace prize for his Iraqi and Afghan liberations.

LeDaro said...

Johnathon, may be you should buy one for him because Nobel organization sure is not considering him.

Also ICC in Hague will be looking for him too and hopefully they will put one around his neck.