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So Much For SOFA
HuffPo reports that a long-term security commitment to Iraq is kaput:
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of U.S troops in Iraq before the end of the Bush presidency, according to senior U.S. officials, effectively leaving talks over an extended U.S. military presence there to the next administration.
Good. Iraqis need their independence.
The Bush administration is considering the withdrawal of additional combat forces from Iraq beginning in September, according to administration and military officials, raising the prospect of a far more ambitious plan than expected only months ago.
Such a withdrawal would be a striking reversal from the nadir of the war in 2006 and 2007.
One factor in the consideration is the pressing need for additional American troops in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and other fighters have intensified their insurgency and inflicted a growing number of casualties on Afghans and American-led forces there.
More American and allied troops died in Afghanistan than in Iraq in May and June, a trend that has continued this month...
Isn't that speshul. Also good news. Personally, I think we should have invaded parts of Pakistan, which is where Osama is hiding-and the ISI is hiding him. The ISI has a long term history of double crossing the United States, pretending to offer assistance in defeating the Taliban, but secretly aiding the Taliban. Afghanistan has always been crucial to Paki security, and I doubt that Pakistan will swap its security goals in favor of a US success in the region. I can hardly see Unocal loosening its grip on Afghansistan, their pipeline must be completed and defended.
