Maliki Timetable

The Iraqis want a timetable.

The Republicans have been mindlessly parroting the fascist mantra, "a timetable for surrender". How is it surrender if the Iraqis themselves want a timetable? Unless, of course, the war is not about freeing Iraq, about getting the Iraqis to "stand up", about leaving an Iraq that is stable, but instead is about conquering and occupying Iraq. Of course, if that is the case, all the talk about "the surge is working" is meaningless.

No timetable equals permanent occupation. Tomorrow's headline: Republicans continue push for permanent occupation of Iraq.