So now it's time for the US to leave Iraq (except "Kurdistan").

WSJ 21 Aug 2008:

"US and Iraq reached a pact on troop withdrawals. Negotiators from the two nations struck an accord that calls for US military forces to leave Iraq's cities by next summer."

Now who has been dead set against any timetable whatsosever for withdrawal?
Seems to me Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain have been railing against the folly of any timetable for several eons--that is, since March 2003.

And who has been in favor of a timetable?   That would be Mr. Obama--and it turns out, Mr. Maliki.

The deal "represents a remarkable turnaround from just a few months ago, when talk of timetables and deadlines was routinely dismissed by the Bush administration and other Republicans in Washington."

All of a sudden all the objections--all the whining about how any timetable would just turn Iraq over to the enemy--are gone.

And who has been saying for months that there is absolutely no chance for al-Qaeda to take over in Iraq--and therefore the justification for US troops to stay there --except in "Kurdistan"-- was gone? Check my--and many other Mudcatters'--earlier posts.   But it seems I recall the Alamo and other dread disasters being cited as a warning as to what would happen if US troops were only in "Kurdistan".

OK BB, Teribus, pdq, and other brilliant supporters of the Bush maladministration, your turn to comment.