WOO-HOO!

“U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes.”

So says al-Maliki. Easily the best news out of Iraq in a long, long time.

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  • http://www.broadwaycarl.blogspot.com Broadway Carl

    But how can Obama be right? He hasn’t even visited Iraq yet. *snark*

  • Nanotyrannus

    HAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!Let’s see the White House spin THIS awesome bit of news…”Well, obviously, what he meant was that when the Iraqi army meets the Time Horizon guidelines and is able to secure the country, then 16 months from then we can begin the withdrawal…

  • El Mystico

    Well that just squares my breasts.

  • ceu

    The story is going ’round that the WH accidently emailed the Der Spiegel story to the reporters. ooops! What to make sure it gets widely read in the UShttp://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/white-house-acc.htmlAnd then there’s this:Via e-mail, a prominent Republican strategist who occasionally provides advice to the McCain campaign said, simply, “We’re fucked.”http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/almalikis_announcement_a_big_d.php

  • EJLIMA

    I found it to be interesting how pres Malikiinvited the bushcain to head for nod and Oboma to show him the way.