Interesting public debate in the Security Council, with Zebari taking full advantage of its attention, and other powers like China, France, Germany and Russia, enjoying keeping the hegemons waiting for approval. Time is not on Bush's side. Everyone knows that.
While saying that a specific deadline for withdrawal of troops would not be helpful Zebari emphasised the wording of the resolution should be strengthened to emphasise full sovereignty for Iraqis - which sounds like encouragement for an amendment that the hegemonic troops will leave whenever the Iraqis request it, rather than subject to a Security Council resolution which the US and UK could veto. The subtleties of inter-imperialist rivalry these days! Chris Burford
