Obama Will Honor Iraqis’ Wishes

Today, in a near-unanimous vote, the Iraqi cabinet approved a security agreement that will keep American forces in Iraq through the end of 2011. The Iraqi parliament is likely to pass the agreement before the assembly goes into recess November 24. What does this mean for the incoming American administration. What happens to the claim that Barack Obama’s drawdown plan was consonant with the hopes of the Iraqi leadership?

[A: it was all campaign maleficence which was never questioned, nor will be]

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