Posted on 04/11/2008 1:50:43 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bush administration officials today clashed with senators over plans for a long-term US presence in Iraq after the current UN mandate expires at the end of this year.
Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee insisted that Congress should be allowed a vote on the draft strategic framework agreement, which allows the US to "conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security" without time limit.
Administration officials say that the agreement should be an executive one and have so far dismissed suggestions it must be ratified by Congress, raising the prospect of a fierce political battle in the run up to the election in November.
Though Ryan Crocker, the Ambassador to Iraq, assured senators earlier this week that the agreement would not establish permanent military bases inside Iraq, the absence of a timeframe has prompted concerns that the next president would be tied into a prolonged military engagement.
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Sure, why would we want a role in the third biggest world oil source, strategically located in the very center of the Middle East, bordering enemy Iran, which we fought and died for and turned from an enemy to an ally? s/off Will someone please call out the democrats as the horrifying leftists they are?
Don't back down President Bush!
The idiots in CONgress need to learn their place and quit poking their nose where it does not belong!
Sadr Lashes Out at 'Terrorist' Gates
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Muqtada al-Sadr says he will not enter any political process that would allow US forces to remain in Iraq.
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