No SOFA = no GI's. If Iraq wants that aid, we need a SOFA. Ultimately, Maliki, not Obama, was to blame. At bottom, it wasn't really even Maliki. It was the Iraqi electorate. They thought of the war as US fighting the insurgents. If we weren't there, the theory was that the war would end. Just goes to show that Arabs will believe anything, as long as they can point the finger of blame at somebody else. This is how they simultaneously believe 9/11 was a great victory for Muslims and a Bush plot.
That request takes uber-hutzpah. Shouldn’t the whacky iraqis solve their country’s problems. Since moozlum is a “peaceful religion”, can’t everyone ther just get along? If not...tough s***.