Where's the NY Times and Washington Post On This?

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Iraqi President: USA Presence PREVENTS Invasion

In a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center, according to Agence France Press, yesterday Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said it plainly, "The American presence has always prevented any kind of foreign invasion to Iraq."

He added, "That's one of the main reasons why we think that we need an American presence even symbolical, in the country, to prevent our neighbors attacking us... I think that our neighbors must understand that our patience is limited... And we mean all of them!"

One more item from Talabani, "The immediate departure of coalition forces would only unleash the terrorists. I cannot promise when or how the American presence will completely end in Iraq but I can promise that American soldiers DO NOT FIGHT IN VAIN!" (emphasis mine)

A quick scan of this morning's New York Times shows no mention of the significant analysis by the Iraqi president.

From Townhall.com: Posted by Kevin McCullough at 6:30 AM