I've kinda had it with all of the BS

[MADem]

307. I DID answer it--they were shot down because they didn't pay the bribes.

They wouldn't have gotten shot down if they never asked, now, would they? Come on, use a little basic common sense, a little bit of critical thought process, and stop playing halfasssed, childish "gotcha" games that --speaking of FAIL--"failed" miserably owing to your apparent "failure" to apply very basic, contextual reading skills. If I have to reduce every comment to a 2nd grade reading level, we're wasting our time, here. A little basic familiarity with the issues would not go amiss.

I don't know what planet you come from, but we always operate with a SOFA in place. I've been deployed all over the world, and where we base, we SOFA.

It's not a "surprise" or a shock for State to negotiate one--it's SOP.

I'd say We Know Them By Their Words....and their word games. So just stop playing them.


Here, just in case you're still unclear (or reading rightwing Murdoch-based revisionism on this topic) let's go back to the source, to the transition to the Obama - Biden team....this was their GOAL for Iraq vis a vis a SOFA:

http://change.gov/agenda/iraq_agenda/

The Status-of-Forces Agreement
Obama and Biden believe it is vital that a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) be reached so our troops have the legal protections and immunities they need. Any SOFA should be subject to Congressional review to ensure it has bipartisan support here at home.

If you're still unclear as to what BHO's plans were for Iraq, that link should clear it up for you, so you don't need to hector me with "Waaah YES OR NO" whines. Google is YOUR friend, too, ya know.

But for the parliamentarians, there was no more cash, so we had to dash. C'est la vie!

Personally, I'm glad it happened. It was a good result for us that Iraq was intransigent on this issue (absent bribe money). We're outta there. Just as well.