Joe Manchin actually said...

U.S. troops should leave because the Iraqis want us to leave.

The aim should be setting in place--over the next year--a strong and enduring foundation for normalized ties under the SFA.

This new chapter in U.S.-Iraqi relations after December is not an abandonment of Iraq.

I continue to believe that this decision represents a failure of leadership, both Iraqi and American, that it was a sad case of political ex...