basing agreement

I just had an English translation of the U.S.-Iraq basing deal — officially the “Agreement Regarding the Temporary Presence in Iraq and its Activities and Withdrawal from Iraq, Between the United States and the Iraqi Government” — emailed to me. It confirms how deeply the Bush administration has been forced to climb down from its [...]

Prediction time. When the definitive history of the Bush administration’s prosecution of the Iraq war is written, its attempt to force the Iraqi government to sign a bilateral agreement authorizing an indefinite occupation will stand as its final massive blunder.
Let’s review. In November 2007, George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed in [...]