Iraq Wants Time-Table For Troop Pull-OutTime CNN Excerpt:
It was the first time that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has explicitly and publicly called for a withdrawal timetable — an idea opposed by President Bush.
"The goal is to end the presence (of foreign troops)," al-Maliki said
Why would Bush oppose such a plan, when on May 24, 2007, he had this to say……
CBS NEWS Excerpt:
"We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It's their government's choice," the president said during a Rose Garden news conference. "If they were to say leave, we would leave."
Obviously, al-Maliki is being polite with this but, what part of
GTFO does Bush not understand?
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