Mark:  '  Muqtada al-Sadr has kept the issue in the foreground — and put pressure on the government — by consistently calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops." We now have Muqtada al-Sadr, Al Qaeda in Iraq, and Barack Hussein Obama  all in agreement.'

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I had not heard Senator Obama call for 'immediate withdrawal'.  If you have, supply your link.  If you cannot, will assume you recognize you cannot, as your  statement is false.  

I believe the stated strategy is to schedule drawndowns over a 16-month period, to begin sometime after Obama is sworn in.   That is not "immediate". Its a timetable. And it is, in general terms,  what the democratically elected govt of Iraq wants.

Shall we stay longer than we are wanted?