Monday, July 14, 2008

Le Shorter: Colony Denied

US and Iraqi negotiators abandoned attempts to reach agreement on a status of forces agreement. Several issues such as immunity for US mercenaries and soldiers, and an Iraqi demand for a date certain for withdrawal of foreign troops, could not be bridged in the term remaining to the Regime. A stop gap agreement allowing US forces to legally remain through 2009 will be negotiated instead, giving the next president an opportunity to revisit the issue.