Iraqi vice president who met with Bush calls on U.S. to set timetable for withdrawal

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/14/america/NA_GEN_US_Iraq_Al_Hashemi.php

WASHINGTON: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi called on the Bush administration on Thursday to set a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

At a news conference in Washington, al-Hashemi, a Sunni leader who met with President George W. Bush and other U.S. officials earlier this week, said the timetable should be "flexible" and depend on development of a capable Iraqi security force.

"You've done your job," the vice president said at the United States Institute of Peace, a U.S.-financed think tank.

Currently, however, he said, "There is across-the-board chaos in my country," with roaming bands of murderers.

[bryant69]

1. I wouldn't want to be that guy

On the one hand he knows the Americans have got to go - on the other hand, when they do go he runs a good chance of getting hung as a collaborator.

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[blm]

2. Another 'Kerry was/is right' moment. Reid should resubmit Kerry-Feingold plan

as soon as possible.

[rodeodance]

3. i believe that was about 18 months ago (and we are still debating!!)

[blm]

4. Press should ask lawmakers for when they first noticed Iraq was in Civil War and

why are they continuing to pretend Iraq ISN'T in Civil War.

Kerry-Feingold was all about recognizing that the mission in Iraq was not the same and that the US has no business in the middle of a civil war, as Iraq had become.