Jackson50 on 17 November 2008
| akuma587 said:Yeah, I have been following this for months as well. Its been a pretty interesting back and forth. I never thought about whether or not Bush would try to push it through to hurt Obama, but that is a pretty good observation.
There was a lot of debate during the summer about this especially about the legal immunity of the U.S. army and when exactly transfers of power would take place. The negotiations led me to criticize those who were strongly against a timetable (like McCain) when the Iraqi government were the ones who were pushing a timetable harder than anyone else.
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I am uncertain if Bush desired to hamper Obama's presidential prospect-especially after the raid into Syria. Forbidding the use of Iraqi territory to launch strikes against other nations was one of the four concessions the Iraqis sought in the amended pact.
