Today, the Bush administration announced that Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice had made an unannounced trip to Iraq and had come to an agreement with the Iraqi government on an "aspirational timetable" for US troop withdrawal.
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebaritried to parse the words more carefully. "This agreement determines the principle provisions, requirements, to regulate the temporary presence and the time horizon, the mission of the U.S. forces."
Funny that the Iraqi official is using the Bush administrations double speak and Secretary Rice is not! Either way it means that there has been some movement on the security agreement, and more importantly it means that a withdrawal of US forces is part of that agreement. There are still sticking points on immunity from prosecution of US forces accused of crimes in Iraq. That will undoubtedly be a big stumbling block.
I wonder if McCain will now accuse the Bush administration of wanting to "cut and run"?
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