As a big thank you to Bush's surprise visit, Iraq's new prime minister is going to grant amnesty to terrorists and insurgents who attacked U.S. soldiers. That's not a serious enough crime in Iraq:
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday proposed a limited amnesty to help end the Sunni Arab insurgency as part of a national reconciliation plan that Maliki said would be released within days. The plan is likely to include pardons for those who had attacked only U.S. troops, a top adviser said....Reconciliation could include an amnesty for those "who weren't involved in the shedding of Iraqi blood," Maliki told reporters at a Baghdad news conference. "Also, it includes talks with the armed men who opposed the political process and now want to turn back to political activity."No problem for those involved in the shedding of American blood. That sums up what the new Iraqi government thinks of the U.S. soldiers.
Exactly why do the Republicans in Congress feel so strongly about keeping U.S. troops in Iraq when the leadership of Iraq doesn't think killing them is a problem?
