It's Your Fault We Ruined Your Country To Steal Your Oil

Gates Says 'Clock Is Ticking' on Iraq

Defense Secretary Robert Gates slipped into Iraq Thursday to warn Iraqi leaders that the U.S. commitment to a military buildup there is not open-ended.

Gates said the political tumult in Washington over financing the military presence in Iraq shows that both the American public and the Bush administration are running out of patience with the war.

He said that the Iraqis need to push through legislation on political reconciliation and sharing oil revenues. "It's not that these laws are going to change the situation immediately, but I think ... the ability to get them done communicates a willingness to work together."

Full A.P. Wire Service Article, SF Chronicle, April 19, 2007

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Jeez, the US as La Cosa Nostra...

Is Gates saying that if Iraq doesn't surrender its' oil resources, the US will pick up its war machine, close its permanent military bases, package up its depleted uranium, and go away?

Not a chance.

TLC