Detail Now Please Go; Iraq and America   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8757 (Oct. 2011), page 48-49. Topik: Military Personnel; Iraq War-2003 Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.68 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The United States can wait no longer. A year of cajoling by envoys, congressmen, ambassadors and generals in Baghdad, urging Iraq's government to make a decision, one way or another, on whether to keep American troops in the country after a security agreement expires at the end of this year, has come to nought. The 39,000 American service people still in Iraq will be "home for the holidays", declared Barack Obama on October 21st, fulfilling a campaign promise to end a war he never endorsed. In Iraq and in Washington, many would have preferred to have retained an American force in Iraq of 3,000-5,000 people to have acted as instructors for Iraqi soldiers and police, and to provide security to the gigantic American embassy. But for both sides the politics proved too tricky. Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has managed to cling onto his post but heads a parliament so angrily divided that it rarely makes a decision--and his mandate is by no means strong enough to force one through on his own. Both Mr Maliki and Mr Obama declared the withdrawal of troops as a victory. Mr Maliki proclaimed himself as the restorer of Iraqi sovereignty, though he has not completely closed the door to American instructors and plans to visit the White House in December to discuss the future. Mr Obama talked of a "normal relationship between sovereign nations". In truth, both men know that the outcome is not ideal. And they will watch nervously as the last American soldiers leave. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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