How's this? Iraqi PM says US can soon withdraw from Iraq?

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Something's wrong somewhere ...

President Bush said their would be no withdrawal "so long as I am president!" ...

Yet, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said, "We are on a level of strength that we could, if the multinational forces want to lessen its presence, it could do that because we could [continue] with the rest of the operation, and have stability and security to protect the democratic process."

And even the action on the ground is contradictory. While July (last month) was the bloodiest since the invasion with 3400 dead and even up in Kirkuk, the Kurds are chasing the Shiites south (out of what we might call "Kurdistan"), we are hearing nothing but laudatory remarks from the Republicans (the party in charge in Washington) as regards how we are "winning the war." The Administration particularly cites Baghdad as an area where "significant progress is evident."

These statements were being made during the same week -- last week, on Friday and on Saturday!

Something's wrong!

I would be willing to state only one fact about the occupation in Iraq and that is that our young servicemen and women are doing the best they can ... under the circumstances.