UN approves another year of the "illegal occupation." - Granite Grok

UN approves another year of the “illegal occupation.”

Huh- what’s this? The UN has just unanimously approved another year of Bush’s "illegal occupation"?! But… it can’t be, can it? I thought we were standing alone as we "go it alone"? What gives? The AP reports:
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the 160,000-member multinational force in Iraq.

The council acted quickly in response to a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who said a top government priority is to assume full responsibility for security and stability in the country but it needs more time.

A "request" from the elected leader of the Iraqis? I thought they all wanted us out.

The new deal has a "termination clause" that remains in place for use by the Iraqis if they so choose. Boy, this kind of makes you think all the information we’ve been getting about the war and the nature of our relationship with the Iraqis has been all wrong… What will the "cut and run" Dems say? Why if the UN approves, it MUST be OK, right?

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