blackascoal
The Force is With Me
I wonder if McCain has met with these people ..
Iraqi demonstrators shouts slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim - AP)
Amid all the talks of "gains" in Iraq and politicians visiting, it should be noted that the Iraqi people themselves don't want anymore US occupation. .. But then again, they never did.
Opposition mounts to US-Iraq security deal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053000502.html?hpid=topnews
BAGHDAD -- Tens of thousands rallied in several cities Friday against a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, raising doubts that negotiators can meet a July target to finalize a pact to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after the current U.N. mandate expires.
Although U.S. officials insist they are not seeking permanent bases, suspicion runs deep among many Iraqis that the Americans want to keep at least some troops in the country for many years.
"We denounce the government's intentions to sign a long-term agreement with the occupying forces," Asaad al-Nassiri, a sheik loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said during a sermon in Kufa. "Our army will be under their control in this agreement, and this will lead to them having permanent bases in Iraq."
-- more at link.
This is also supported by polls that show 71% of the Iraqi people want the US out of their country and 61% of Iraqis approve of attacks on US forces.
We aren't there for the Iraqi people.

Iraqi demonstrators shouts slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim - AP)
Amid all the talks of "gains" in Iraq and politicians visiting, it should be noted that the Iraqi people themselves don't want anymore US occupation. .. But then again, they never did.
Opposition mounts to US-Iraq security deal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053000502.html?hpid=topnews
BAGHDAD -- Tens of thousands rallied in several cities Friday against a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, raising doubts that negotiators can meet a July target to finalize a pact to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after the current U.N. mandate expires.
Although U.S. officials insist they are not seeking permanent bases, suspicion runs deep among many Iraqis that the Americans want to keep at least some troops in the country for many years.
"We denounce the government's intentions to sign a long-term agreement with the occupying forces," Asaad al-Nassiri, a sheik loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said during a sermon in Kufa. "Our army will be under their control in this agreement, and this will lead to them having permanent bases in Iraq."
-- more at link.
This is also supported by polls that show 71% of the Iraqi people want the US out of their country and 61% of Iraqis approve of attacks on US forces.
We aren't there for the Iraqi people.