[Cobra64]

...but also insisted that it is important for us to begin the process of withdrawing U.S. troops, making it clear that we have no interest in permanent bases in Iraq.

Ummmm.... Hussein, yes we do you moron. Ever look at a map of Iran? Iraq on the left, Afghanistan on the right. There might be a pattern there you idiot.

[omega4412]

While you’re redrawing the map, how about giving Kurdistan direct access to the Mediterranean, as claimed in the Kurdish web site? http://www.akakurdistan.com/kurds/stories/index.html And transferring western Turkey to Greece, as proposed in the aftermath of WWI? (Greco–Turkish War of 1919–1922) The Greeks can decide whether their capital will be Athens or Constantinople.