Posted on 07/20/2009 12:21:47 PM PDT by Jbny
How worried should we be about reports such as this and this in the Washington Post about how restricted U.S. troops have become in Iraq? One article reports on how U.S. troops, worried about an insurgent plot to mortar their bases, were not allowed to operate in the neighborhood where the attack was supposed to happen — the Iraqis insisted on handling the issue themselves. This is part of a broader Iraqi initiative to take U.S. forces off the streets that is raising concerns among some Americans over being denied the authority to protect their own forces. The other Post article contains this quote:
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Ahem.......You mean Maliki, don’t you?
Obama is pissing away the victory that was handed to him.
The current agreement was reached under Bush. Doesn’t make this mom happy but I have had sons over there in worse times.
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