U.S. accepts Polish withdrawal from Iraq - Kwasniewski

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25463541.htm

WARSAW, July 25 (Reuters) - The United States has accepted Poland's plans to pull most of its 1,700 troops from Iraq at the beginning of next year, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said on Monday.

Poland, one of Washington's biggest European allies in Iraq, runs a multi-national stabilisation zone south of Baghdad. "The current (six-month troop) rotation in Iraq will be the last one. By the end of January we would like to pull the troops and replace them with smaller groups, which could for example help train the Iraqi army," Kwasniewski told public radio.

"(Our plans that) the shift ending its mission in January is the last one have been accepted by the allies and were the subject of talks between Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski and U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld (on July 19)."

Guess we can forget about Poland now?

[SaveAmerica]

1. Hey no fair taking the punch line! : )

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. Damned big of BooshCo* to allow Poland to pull out (n/t)

:eyes:

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Forget who?

It's done!:wtf:

[NuttyFluffers]

4. So... Now can I forget Poland?

:crazy:
O8)

[MaineDem]

5. The US has "accepted" Poland's plan?

How very magnanimous of us! It's a sovereign nation after all. But Georgie doesn't know what sovereign means, remember.

[Supersedeas]

6. Bush decides not to veto Poland's Iraqi withdrawal - come on stenographers

you can do better than 'accept'

[nookiemonster]

17. LOL!

President George W. Bush: "Tribal sovereignty means that: sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and the tribes is one between sovereign entities."

Yup, he's clueless.

[54anickel]

21. Ahhh, memories

sovereignty means that—it’s sovereignty.” “I mean, you’re a—you’re a—you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.”

Shrub understands it to mean there are souvenirs available.

[0007]

7. The U.S. accepts? How nice!

[Imagevision]

8. US. accepts Polish withdrawal from Iraq

The United States has accepted Poland's plans to pull most of its 1,700 troops from Iraq at the beginning of next year, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said on Monday.
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/25/content_463140.htm

[shoelace414]

9. someone forgot about Poland.

[LynneSin]

10. What if we didn't? Would we have invaded Poland

:shrug:

Congrats to Poland for doing the right thing and protecting your citizens!

[fryguy]

11. since when does Poland need to ask permission of the US

to make decisions regarding its own foreign and military policies?

[WhiteTara]

12. coalition of the brided is shrinking

Chimpy really is insane...accepted Poland's plans indeed. What was he going to do? Challenge them to a duel?

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Who is Poland? - I guess I forgot.

[UrbScotty]

14. Ha! I had to nominate this one!

:D

[SlavesandBulldozers]

15. i love how they call it a coalition

it makes ya wonder if they sit around and laugh at half the bullshit they cook up on a regular basis.

[proud patriot]

16. D'oh

I guess we can forget poland now

[Coexist]

18. Aaaah... good times!

http://www.youforgotpoland.com/yfp/

That website made me laugh out loud.

[Robeson]

19. Time to give them more tribute, uh, I mean "foreign aid"...

[Miss Chybil]

20. Did they have a choice? I mean, could the US make Poland stay?

Or, is this just a formality, like "accepting" someone's resignation?