Comments on: Iraq Wants Timeline For U.S. Pullout

Foreign Minister Says Security Deal Must Include Timeline For Departure Of US Troops; Suicide Bomber Kills Five Near Baghdad

[josephp5]

I might further point out that the Geneva Convention is an example of a ratified US treaty. It therefore is the Law of the Land, equal in stature to all other US laws. This "agreement" is nothing of the sort, and the next US President (or Iraqi President) may choose to ignore it if he wishes.

[josephp5]

If it''s not a treaty (i.e., ratified by the US Senate), then it is unenforceable. Calling it an "agreement" is simply another attempt of the Bush Administration to make an end run around the Constitution.

[samsel3]

Ahhhh Bush the failure!
Posted by liberalme at 03:18 PM : Aug 10, 2008

You left out:

Failed at Phillips Academy

Failed at getting into Yale, until mommy set up the Barbara Bush scholarship of which GW was the first recipient.

Failed at Arbusto Oil Corp. Saudis bailed him out, for which he would owe them future favors. Like taking out their enemy Saddam ..........

[nextgenman]

Posted by JosephP5 at 04:11 PM : Aug 10, 2008
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Its not a treaty, its an agreement.

[airboatboy]

Hey Georgy Boy! Iraq wants ya gone, your own country can''t wait till your gone, do ya think you screwed-up? Probably not...

[Stratmaster7]

Bush and cronies have something else up their sleeve, don''t worry. It may even be starting already with the Georgian invasion of S. Ossetia, followed by the expected response from the Russians. 2000 Georgian troops are on their way out of Iraq, leaving... well.. pretty much us and a few Brits.

[josephp5]

Why is CBS News not pointing out to its readers that this agreement between US and Iraq is unconstitutional? In order for this to be a valid treaty, it must be approved by two thirds of the Senate. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2: "[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur...."

[n8yvn29]

Once we get a president with a clear head elected, we WILL get out of this Vietnam-like quagmire that Bush has lied us into.

[liberalme]

I like the part about how Lying John is claiming that a timetable (horizon) was his idea all along.


Posted by actornaught

Yeah, the 100 year one!

[actornaught]

I like the part about how Lying John is claiming that a timetable (horizon) was his idea all along.

[hermitdave]

We will not leave until they promise to never again try a throw out the Western oil guys.

[liberalme]

Ahhhh Bush the failure!

Bush failed a getting the oil he invaded an unarmed country for,
Bush failed at being the president of the United States,
Bush failed at being a "uniter" and became the divider,
Bush failed at becoming the world leader he was planning on becoming.

There is no honorable example this loser has set that any young person would want to achieve.

Is America ready for a president with a brain?

We''ll see in November.

[pvperson]

Didn''t Iraq get the memo from Bush, it''s supposed to be called a "time horizon" not line. Or maybe a "time period" or "time interval" or who the hell knows?

[irliberal]

Iraq, the so-called "sovereign" nation we installed a puppet government in (based on the Koran) wants us to leave, and they want a definitive timeline for us to do so.

Who are we to say no? How is it possible for us to say no, or ignore the request, and still claim that Iraq is a sovereign nation, and not a conquered, occupied protectorate of the United States?

[txlakeside]

Our GOV lied to us to get us to go in. IRAQ does not want us there. It be be just a matter of time until IRAQ is back to the same type regime as before and EXXON and SHELL will get kicked out again. Just like 35 years ago!

Most folks dont like greedy corrupt businesses! Would you hire Blackwater, KBR or Pearson?

Greedy repubs have overstayed their welcome in IRAQ and now will soon get kicked out! All of this at the expense of the American Taxpayer! Stupid greedy repubs!

[woodjd42]

We need to do as they ask and get out, however we need to take all that surplus oli money thay are saving to pay us back for what we spent. I think I remember some idiot saying that the oil money would pay for the war and it would not cost us anything. What an idiot chaney is.

[ontheleft]

The problem is, the United States has no intention of withdrawing from Iraq, ever. It''s all about the oil.

[micma-2009]

Iraqis not only want us to leave but they want us to commit to a definite timeline to leave. This must really pisss the neocon nuts off.


lol!