Friendly Fire
Talk about getting off-message, the White House this weekend sent reporters (inadvertently, I'm assuming) a copy of a Reuters story detailing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki's support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's 16-month timeline for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
In an interview with Der Spiegel released on Saturday, Maliki said he wanted U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible.
"U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes."
It is the first time he has backed the withdrawal timetable put forward by Obama, who is visiting Afghanistan and [is] set to go to Iraq as part of a tour of Europe and the Middle East.
Later in the story:
The White House said on Friday President George W. Bush and Maliki had agreed that a security deal under negotiation should set a "time horizon" for meeting "aspirational goals" for reducing U.S. forces in Iraq.
Keep an eye out for the next White House releases: "10 ways McCain is just like us," and "Republicans are to blame for high gas prices, economic woes."
I suspect somewhere at 1600 Pennsylvania, someone is getting an earful.
-- Robert Gehrke
8:19 PM
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