[A. Pole]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday his government's forces would be able to take over security command from U.S. troops by June 2007 -- a move which could allow the United States to start withdrawing.

In June 2007 nobody will remember this promise. See my tagline.

[Steel Wolf]

In June 2007 nobody will remember this promise

If Maliki said this, you can be sure that the people he's afraid of, al-Sadr and company, will be standing behind him with a daily calendar, tearing off each day as it passes.

If you think PM Maliki is worried one whit about the American people, you're wrong. He's worried about the Shia powerbrokers, and they won't let him forget about this statement, any more than a bookie would forget about a million dollar gambling debt.