A recent article on CNN shows the Iraqi ambassador to the United States asking the U.S that they still need our military support. He is also asking the next president of the United States, whoever it maybe (Barrack) to stay in Iraq a little while longer. If you ask me, he is asking a little too much. It's funny how he's asking the next president of the United States, when they have already pledged to withdraw from Iraq as soon as he/she takes office. The article can be found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/08/iraqi.ambassador/index.html#cnnSTCText
In contrasts to that, another CNN article shows the secretary of defense Robert Gates talking the media about troop reductions by the year 2009. It's funny how the announcement comes only three days after the Iraqi ambassador asks for the U.S military to stay longer. The article also mentions that President Bush does not want the troops levels to go below 140,000 once they reach that number this summer. The only question is how will the next president bring home 140,000 troops home so fast as they have promised? We will have to wait and find out.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/11/gates.mullen/index.html#cnnSTCText
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