Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki agrees with Barack Obama’s plan for a US withdrawal from Iraq.
SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq?
Maliki: As soon as possible, as far as we’re concerned. 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.
The citizens of the US don’t want us in Iraq. The citizens of Iraq don’t want us in Iraq. Now the leader of Iraq publicly says he doesn’t want us in Iraq. So what are we still doing there?
It’ll be nice when we complete the loop and have a leader with a clue.