Right on queue: Iraq PM says American troops are still needed despite drop in violence

[Contrary1]

"BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that the government is ready to compromise to reach a security accord with the United States because Iraq still needs American troops despite the drop in violence.

In an interview with The Associated Press, al-Maliki said neither he nor Iraq’s parliament will accept any pact that fails to serve the country’s national interests. A poorly constructed plan would provoke so much discord in Iraq that it could threaten his government’s survival, he said.

Al-Maliki said, however, that he is firmly committed to reaching an accord that would allow U.S. troops to remain in the country beyond next year.

“We regard negotiating and reaching such an agreement as a national endeavor, a national mission, a historic one. It is a very important agreement that involves the stability and the security of the country and the existence of foreign troops. It has a historic dimension,” al-Maliki said..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26949019/

[LynnTheDem]

1. So continue ignoring the 82% of Iraqis who want US troops the fuck out of their country.

That is, after all, what "democracy" at gunpoint is all about.

[angstlessk]

2. AND the 70% of Americans who feel the same as the Iraqis

of course our 'democracy' is on the decline!