{"id":4104,"date":"2007-11-28T10:38:43","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T16:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4104"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:48:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:48:35","slug":"bush-commits-troops-to-iraq-for-the-long-term-us-oil-companies-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/bush-commits-troops-to-iraq-for-the-long-term-us-oil-companies-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Commits Troops to Iraq for the Long Term, US Oil COmpanies Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/nm_bush_troops_070831_ms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/nm_bush_troops_070831_ms.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian UK<\/p>\n<p>The Bush administration formally committed America yesterday to a long-term military presence in Iraq, pledging to protect the government in Baghdad from internal coup plots and foreign enemies.<\/p>\n<p>The cooperation pact, endorsed by George Bush and the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, during a video conference yesterday morning, will set the agenda for a future American relationship with Iraq, the administration&#8217;s adviser on Iraq and Afghanistan, General Douglas Lute, told reporters at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The two negotiating teams, Iraq and the United States, now have a common sheet of music with which to begin the negotiations,&#8221; Lute said.<\/p>\n<p>The military, economic and diplomatic agreement would commit US forces to defending the government of Iraq from internal and external threats as well as fighting al-Qaida and &#8220;all other outlaw groups regardless of affiliation&#8221;, according to the declaration of principles released by the White House yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/Iraq\/Story\/0,,2217581,00.html\">(Original Article0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian UK The Bush administration formally committed America yesterday to a long-term military presence in Iraq, pledging to protect the government in Baghdad from internal coup plots and foreign enemies. 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