[Torie]

Thanks for the reference. I think there is less to the comment than meets the eye. The US will still be pulling the strings, and has taken pains to make that so. Think about it. How can the US allow its rubber meets the road goals to be deflected by an unelected body? That is too risky. Granted, if the interim council goes off the reservation, the US will have to respect that. The US has tried to preclude that. That is my sense of the matter.

[Cold Heat]

I believe the power of the temporary govt. is spelled out in their short version constitution.

They will apparently have the ability to ask us to leave, but not the ability to control our forces.

It seems total sovereignty is correct, as it is a constitutional authority.

The recognition by the U.N. will seal the deal.

[Pukin Dog]

The US will still be pulling the strings, and has taken pains to make that so. Think about it. How can the US allow its rubber meets the road goals to be deflected by an unelected body?

Nothing risky about it.

Any member of that counsel knows that without the US, every member is a deal lump of flesh the moment we leave. We don't have to keep any special deals. You can predict that most people will make decisions that keep their asses from being blown up. They wont be going off the reservation. They can pull strings with no fear of dying as long as the US has a reason to protect them.