Posted
6/28/2004 08:15:00 PM
by Douglas
Two days ahead of schedule, and Iraq is a free and independent
nation:
Iraq's new leaders reclaimed their nation two days early, accepting limited power Monday from U.S. occupiers, who wished them prosperity and handed them a staggering slate of problems — including a lethal insurgency the Americans admit they underestimated.
With the passing of a sheaf of documents and a prime minister's oath on a red Quran, the land once ruled by Saddam Hussein received official sovereignty from U.S. administrators in a secretive ceremony moved up to thwart insurgents' attempts at undermining the transfer.
"The Iraqi people have their country back," President Bush said at a NATO summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
So that means the United States military will be withdrawing, when exactly. Ah yes. As soon as we withdraw from all the
other foreign, sovereign nations that house our nation's troops. How 'bout a batting order?
- The Philippines (1898)
- Germany (1945)
- Japan (1945)
- Italy (1945)
- South Korea (1953)
Judging from that list, it's easy to say that we're really good at setting up democracy, but not so good at actually leaving.
Let Freedom Reign!