Is Iraq a soveriegn nation? Were those elections "legitimate"?

[XOKCowboy]

We'll see soon. According to AmericaBlog and Newsweek...

A timetable for withdrawal of occupation troops from Iraq. Amnesty for all insurgents who attacked U.S. and Iraqi military targets. Release of all security detainees from U.S. and Iraqi prisons. Compensation for victims of coalition military operations.

Those sound like the demands of some of the insurgents themselves, and in fact they are. But they're also key clauses of a national reconciliation plan drafted by new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who will unveil it Sunday. The provisions will spark sharp debate in Iraq—but the fiercest opposition is likely to come from Washington, which has opposed any talk of timetables, or of amnesty for insurgents who have attacked American soldiers.

OK so the Iraqi government, elected in the much vaunted "free elections" of a few months ago, are trying to take control of their country. It is THEIR country isn't it? Their freely elected government, right? Well I'll bet you that the strongest objections will come from "the fatherland" (read Bush/Cheney and their lackeys in the Congress).

Read the AmericaBlog article here http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/06/bush-vistis-baghdad-iraqi-pm-wants.html

[FloridaPat]

1. We didn't invade Iraq to bring democracy. We are building 12

permanent military bases and the largest embassy in the world for 2 reasons: 1. give Halliburton a hell of a lot of money and 2: make sure Iraq does what we want it to do.

[XOKCowboy]

2. Time to change the Talking Point re: Invading Iraq

We both know we'll never get out of Iraq as long as there's a drop of oil there or we get a different administration.

Just pointing out the hypocrisy.

[annabanana]

3. What do you think they'll come up with next?

If we haven't "brought Democracy" to Iraq. And if their elections meant nothing...

NOW why was it we invaded?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Because corporate America backed the whole idea..... above

everything else, what is good for American corporate interests is the right thing to do. Fortunately other nations read us loud and clear.

[Erika]

5. W flies in to a separate country without notifying their

government. That says it all.

What will be interesting is that the VAST majority of Iraqis want a time table. We'll see.

[XOKCowboy]

6. This will blow all kinds of Repuke Talking Points...

completely out of the water. Is it "cutting and running" when the leaders of Iraq tell us to get the hell out?

Oh and what about amnesty? Very volatile topic.

[Erika]

7. I guess American troops are seen as inconsequential deaths

But Tony Snow set the stage....2,500 is just a number.