Flip-flop: Norwegian forces set to leave Iraq
In a questionable reversal from the position taken after Spain's appeasement, Norway's foreign minister Jan Peteresen is now saying Norway will most likely leave Iraq in a few months. That is a horrible timing of a bad decision, and Bjørn Stærk makes the following cynical comments:
Nobody wants to be held responsible for the death of Norwegian soldiers in a conflict associated with George W. Bush. To remain in Iraq would extend our presence dangerously close to the September 2005 election - and we all know what Spain taught al-Qaeda about pre-election terror campaigns.
That is no doubt the rationale behind this cowardly decision. We're sending a strong message indeed:
"Hey, al-Qaeda, we leave of our own free will even before you bomb us."
Tragic.
8:44:13 PM 
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