Monday, November 23, 2009
Not good at all
Unless you need your ticket punched. It looks like the event that the military was letting Obama peg his withdrawal to, may not happen when it should.
Iraq’s tortuous effort to hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January collapsed Monday, raising the prospect of a political and constitutional crisis next year as the United States begins withdrawing the majority of its combat troops.And the withdrawal should go ahead as planned because it is the only possible course out of George Bush's War. But you know those who get their jollies from the deaths of others, a/k/a the GOP, won't let that happen quietly.
After two days of divisive sessions and failed talks, Parliament disregarded a veto by one of the country’s vice presidents and approved new amendments that the vice president promptly indicated he would veto as well...
...The Parliament, or Council of Representatives, does not appear to have the necessary three-fifths majority to override a new veto, making it impossible, several senior lawmakers said, to hold the vote in January as required under the country’s Constitution.
The Obama administration and the American commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, have long planned the withdrawal of American forces around the expectation that the election would take place in January.
There are now roughly 120,000 troops in the country, and a significant withdrawal, known at the Pentagon as “the waterfall,” is scheduled to begin in the spring. Under President Obama’s policy, fewer than 50,000 troops are to remain after August 2010
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