by Deb Cupples | For some years now, we keep hearing claims from the Bush Administration that its efforts in Iraq are succeeding. Of course, the continually rising death and injury counts have provided some evidence against such claims.
Apparently, Iraq's own government think the Bush Administration isn't doing the Iraqi people any favors with its plans and strategies. Reuters reports:
"A majority of the Iraqi parliament has written to Congress rejecting a long-term security deal with Washington if it is not linked to a requirement that U.S. forces leave, a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday.
"Rep. William Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat and Iraq war opponent, released excerpts from a letter he was handed by Iraqi parliamentarians laying down conditions for the security pact that the Bush administration seeks with Iraq.
"The proposed pact has become increasingly controversial in Iraq, where there have been protests against it. It has also drawn criticism from Democrats on the presidential election campaign trail in the United States, who say President George W. Bush is trying to dictate war policy after he leaves office.
"'The majority of Iraqi representatives strongly reject any military-security, economic, commercial, agricultural, investment or political agreement with the United States that is not linked to clear mechanisms that obligate the occupying American military forces to fully withdraw from Iraq,' the letter to the leaders of Congress said." (Reuters)
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