Is troop withdrawal from Iraq coming?

Dear friends,

Exactly what does troop withdrawal from Iraq mean? While Senator Obama has insisted that he will begin bringing troops home, as soon as he is elected, more or less, Senator McCain has been equally adamant that, at least, "some" troops need to stay in Iraq for years to come. President Bush's position has been the same as McCain's, basically.

Now we hear from the Iraqi government that they want a "timetable" for withdrawal of all "foreign" troops (which includes the US). The initial response from the Bush administration is that they still do not want to be limited by a timetable. So what is happening here? There are several possibilities it seems.

They are: 1) The Iraqis, in cahoots with the Iranians, have their own idea about what to do with all of the oil there, profit-wise. 2) The Bush people (and their business partners) have been assured their "cut" or share of future oil profits and are now willing to bow out. (However, that would seem to be a "shaky" contract in which to enter for US oil people.) 3) The claim of the troop withdrawal by Iraqi leaders proves that the US, particularly the Bush administration, has been right on target about "staying the course". (Of course, if McCain wins the election, that hypothesis would be exposed as a sham, immediately, if the war intensified again.) 5) By not attacking Saudi Arabia after nineteen Saudis flew planes into the country and blew up two of our largest symbols of being the world's only "Superpower", the World Trade Center and Pentagon buildings, and had another jet on its way to blow up the White House, many of the enemies of the United States (which is most of the world), may now be considering the idea of banding together, in order to counteract decades of economic abuse at the hands of US rulers and their allies.

Meanwhile, the government- and corporate-controlled media, along with our politicians, have the people of this country focusing upon "gay marriage", celebrity divorces, the artistic validity of Will Smith's latest movie, and other such important topics.

G. Djata Bumpus