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3/12/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - translation: term in a ceremony held on the occasion of departure of U.S. forces, Iraqi territory the end of this year, which was not so much in both countries expect, senior Iraqi officials praised U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden soldiers on Both Iraqi and American armies, and vowed to continue the friendship between the two countries. Biden said, "The wave of the war down and keep the spirit of Baghdad and the spirit of Iraq." on the day of the statements that carries with it hope, President Jalal Talabani said that Iraq had managed, by bypassing the dictatorship, that is a beacon of uprisings political spring of the Arab "history will record that the liberation of our country was not just a turning point in Iraq alone, but was an important beginning for the region. " The war that began declining in stages, with the withdrawal of troops, will not end until the last American troops leave Iraqi territory during the next few weeks. He also pledged to Talabani that Iraq remains a friend of the United States, and his images Biden, the U.S. withdrawal as a sign of U.S. commitment to its promises, and he addressed the American soldiers present, saying, "You leave Iraq without that you will take nothing with you except your experience. Because of you and because of the work you have done, today we can put an end to war. " He also addressed Biden criticism from Senator John McCain of Arizona and the other saying that the United States was to protect Iraq from the fate of a serious and spoke of the progress that has touched since his visits first to Iraq insists Biden said that Iraq has today's political system, prosperous, and security forces trained well able to protect the country's borders and deter armed action continued. Did not speak any of the parties to the many challenges facing Iraq, including the lack of law to take care to distribute the wealth of the country's oil reduces the racial divide is poisoned, and reduces the sense of marginalization and deprivation to the other. Speaking of criticism, which claims that the United States to leave troops in Iraq for a longer period for security reasons, Biden said, "In my opinion and the opinion of the President, that these allegations do not understand Iraqi politics, but underestimate the Iraqi people." In an interview after the ceremony, Biden said that the major contribution to the Obama administration in the war effort were the focus of military strategy for the formulation of a political settlement. For his part, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki thanked the former President George W. Bush for signing the 2008 agreement which established a schedule for withdrawal (although he did not thank him his role in the overthrow of Saddam) and thanked President Obama for his commitment to this table. As the face of what we might call a warning to Iran from the tilted to destabilize Iraq by supporting armed groups. One way or another, the body of Biden painful history of the United States with the war. When Biden was a senator, voted in 2002 with the invasion of Iraq, a decision he later said he regrets it. In 2007 took a position quite different, as opposed the surge of troops and Gen. David Petraeus, accused of committing a fatal mistake. Biden also wrote the 2005 article calling for the decentralization of Iraq to grant autonomy to the Kurds and Coach of the Year and the Shiites. The Bush administration rejected the proposal and pointed out that Biden's proposal had been misunderstood as an attempt to divide Iraq. Biden, however, still maintaining a commitment to Iraq. I have traveled to Iraq 16 times as a senator and a vice-president, and built relationships that allowed him to mediate between the country's leaders of different races. As that in Iraq, deep resonance of the Vice President, where his son Joseph Biden III, known as "Bo" work in Iraq as one of the members (the National Guard, Delaware) in 2008, when his father was competing for the position of Vice President, and then returned home in 2009, when Biden was runs Iraq policy in the White House. More: New York Times
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