Isn't it GREAT news that we MIGHT be out of Iraq in "only" two more years?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Hey, look at the silver lining in that cloud, little pilgrim. At the rate we've seen so far, that will only mean another couple of hundred thousand dead, a buttload of wounded for life / traumatized "collateral damage" folks on top of that, a few billion in expenses...but we should be out of Iraq in time for Karl Rove to start planning his campaign for President Bill Frist in 2008 (or President Jeb Bush...the jury's still out on that one).

I'm also THRILLED (bordering on AROUSED) that Jalal Talabani has taken "the common desire of Iraqi people and American people" into consideration, too! Isn't that SUPER?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The newly elected president of Iraq said he expects that U.S. troops will be gone from his country within two years.

Jalal Talabani said Sunday that by then, Iraq should be able to rebuild its forces and secure the country, taking over the role being performed by some 140,000 U.S. troops.

"We are trying to build -- as soon as possible -- our military forces," he said.

"I think within two years, we can do it, and at the same time, we will remain in full consultation and coordination, cooperation with our American friends." Talabani said how long U.S. forces remain in Iraq will depend on a number of factors, including "the common desire of Iraqi people and American people."

[atreides1]

1. Right

And the check's in the mail!!!!<sarcasm>

[Clark2008]

2. So, I'm guessing we're turning over those 14 military bases to the

Iraqis, then?

:shrug:

[dflprincess]

3. I've heard this song before

during Vietnam it was called "Light at the End of the Tunnel".

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. They are never going to leave Iraq.

Those bases are permanent. If the humvees and tanks manned by US GI's ever left, there would be immediate and total civil war. As it is, the Iraqi "Army" is being killed in large numbers every day.

[Dulcinea]

5. Not gonna happen.

Someone's gotta be there to guard the oil fields, ad infinitum.

[KansDem]

6. Hmmm...just in time for campaign 2008.

Play this up big until then with the GOP claiming "victory" in Iraq under the glorious leadership of President Bush and the old "troops home by Christmas" shtick playing nonstop on America Pravda, and you have a little easier road for the next PNAC-/oil cartel-selected Republican candidate for White House.

[MO_Dem]

7. Ahhh, it's safe now to enlist

we'll be gettin' out of war, so come on everybody, sign up and join the military.