In an article today by United Press International they state that a U.S. State official Mark Grossman said:
that the United States would respect the wishes of a newly sovereign Iraq even if it meant withdrawing troops before Iraqi general elections are held in 2005.
Oh man, if this is true, I double dog dare them to ask us to leave Iraq. I'm a big supporter of what we are there for but my father always told me, "Son you gotta know when to cut your losses". Now you could ask, "We have lost?" We'll we've lost the public relations game ...LOL of which we never were winning but the fact is every jerk country and citizen around the world hates us. They think they know all the answers, blah blah blah...
And then we've got every liberal in the U.S. up our ass about how we are there for oil and to finish daddy Bush's job of removing Hussein etc...
No one respects us for our effort and no one wants us there. So if these ding dongs offer us an out, I say we take it and watch them go right down the toilet.
No... that won't happen but a guy can hope. All I can say is what we need to do now is block the borders and let the rest of the world give each other crap for a while. American needs a break from being everyones punching bag.
Here is a copy of the article:
U.S. will leave Iraq if asked
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. and coalition forces will leave Iraq if asked to do so by an interim Iraqi government, a State Department official told the House Thursday.
During occasionally combative questioning by bipartisan members of the International Relations Committee, the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman said that the United States would respect the wishes of a newly sovereign Iraq even if it meant withdrawing troops before Iraqi general elections are held in 2005. The sovereignty handover is scheduled for June 30.
Grossman repeatedly insisted that he did not believe such a request would be made by the new Iraqi body.
The notion that coalition forces would take marching orders from Iraqis was challenged by a military representative testifying before the committee. Lt. General Walter L. Sharp of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that U.S.-led multinational forces were authorized under U.N. resolutions to operate in Iraq at least until a permanent constitutional government was elected.
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