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

By | 10.21.08 | 3:21 pm

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

By | 10.20.08 | 12:10 pm

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…