The Iraq Agreement

Here is an article by Brett McGurk, the National Security Council's director for Iraq, about the US-Iraq agreement set to take place.

The Iraqi government has asked for an agreement with the United States, similar to ones we have with countries around the world, to help remove Iraq from U.N. Security Council oversight and normalize relations between our two countries.

The purpose of this agreement is to provide basic authorities and protections for U.S. military and civilian personnel serving in Iraq beyond Dec. 31, 2008, when our present U.N. authorizations are set to expire, and establish a basic framework for economic, diplomatic and security relations.

Reasonable or unreasonable, you be the judge.