No, this is not a good message. Just a few days ago he was willing to station 120,000 trops in there as long as it took.
Now, a new Iraqi leader can be "influenced" to ask us to leave, and the President says we'll comply??
What exactly is the "influence" factor?? We've had enough of these soft "wins" in VietNam, Bosnia, Somalia, where we extracate ourselves with "grace".
We went to war with Saddam, and Iraq, to do a job of finding the hidden and then moved WMD; then to liberate the people and create a free thinking populace.
We're not done yet, and a new government can-not and will-not defend itself from terrorists that use dull knives to cut off heads. We must stay the course to see this problem to it's conclusion. Our guns and equipment are desparately needed to ensure that the people of Iraq can join the modern world!
W, don't even consider pulling out!
calm down.. there is nothing new here...just a new understanding between the President and the would be Iraqi Government..