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United States: We will not move away much from Iraq
On: Wed, 14/12/2011 10:09
More: New York Times
President Obama said at a press conference with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the United States will focus on developing Iraq's economy and increased oil production in the phase following the withdrawal of troops after nine years of conflict. "With the withdrawal of the last American soldiers at the end of this year,
Iraq will take its place among the international community. Our goal is simply to ensure the success of Iraq, and that includes the care of more foreign investments and raise the capacity of oil production. "Obama met Maliki at the White House to discuss the agenda includes assisting U.S. economic and military in the future, in addition to the influence of Iran and regional security situation of Iraq and its stability. The Obama to Iraq with a higher oil production will become one of the key countries in the production of oil in the region, where he has the fifth largest oil reserves in the world, as it is pumped in last month's 2.71 million barrels per day. For his part, Maliki said: "We hope that the companies U.S. major role in increasing our wealth in oil and other areas as well. "Maliki, former guerrilla who led the government's first permanent after the overthrow of Saddam's regime and exercise now the second session of his office, the need to build strong relations with the United States after the withdrawal of U.S. troops end of the year the current. says Ken Pollack, director of Persian Gulf in the National Security Council during the Clinton administration, "Maliki must show the Iraqi people and the Iranian government that the United States will not abandon Iraq. It is true that the Iraqi people want to get out the Americans but he does not want them far away. "Opposition to the Iraq war was a key element in the Obama campaign for the presidency in 2008. Today, and with his quest to cycle a second term, it displays an end to military involvement the U.S. war in Iraq. Says Pollack" Obama said the shows that we will not move away much from Iraq, where we have strong relationships with him and still care about him. "and said Obama" will leave the last soldiers of Iraq and their heads held high, and will not leave the United States "major impact" in Iraq after the departure of these soldiers. "The the face of Republican criticism for the withdrawal of the troops, he said John McCain "has failed Obama and Maliki's responsibilities with respect to our common interests." He added that "the United States' interest in a stable Iraq requires the survival of U.S. forces after the end of the year, but domestic political considerations in both countries had stepped on a our common security. "negotiation of the Convention was that kept our troops in Iraq until the end of this year under President Bush in 2008, and that Iraq refused to grant immunity to U.S. troops to remain after the end of the year." Since the start of the war in Iraq in 2003, America lost 4487 of its citizens and injured 32,226. Congress has authorized the spending of $ 823 billion for military operations, and 47.6 billion for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Development Agency for reconstruction in addition to 7.2 billion for medical matters in the treatment of veterans who participated in the fighting, where the Pentagon has spent $ 720 billion of its Fund until September 30. With the approach of the deadline for withdrawal, the U.S. military to withdraw the remaining eight thousand fighters and five thousand contractors. Iraq remains the suffering, and discontent in the Persian Gulf may have serious consequences on the oil market and the global economy. Pollack says, "Iraq remains weak and divided, and is not willing to remain without outside forces for peacekeeping, and the political leadership has shown the maturity to stop it from sliding back into civil war." Obama said the two countries will be the relations between them ranging from military training Iraqi pilots to ensure the survival of sea routes open to foreign trade, "we train pilots and to ensure their readiness." The United States will perpetuate its embassy in Baghdad and attached to the consulates after 31 December and will work under the tent embassy 16 thousand employees. Obama said, "would be the number of diplomats and technical staff at the embassy, as in other countries that we believe are important." After the conference, headed Obama and Maliki and Vice President Joe Biden to Arlington National Cemetery, and put Obama and Maliki both red and white wreaths on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and stood a moment of silence followed by the playing of drums. n term translation
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