Basing Deal Says U.S. Could Withdraw From Iraq Before 2011; Bush No Help to McCain

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 More…

A Big-Picture View of the Iraq Basing Deal

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 More…