Obama Meets Iraq's Pm And Talks About Iraq's Future

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US President Barack Obama held a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nour al-Maliki at the White House to discuss the future and the relationship of the two countries.

In the meeting, al-Maliki assured the US government that the country strongly condemned any interference and influence of neighboring country Iran over Iraq. The prime minister added that he can hold the US-trained military personnel to prevent insurgencies.

President Obama expressed his concern that neighboring countries, such as Iran and Syria, may find an opportunity to influence Iraq once the US troops are gone. However, the continuous reduction of US troops from Iraq will strengthen the relationship of the two countries in terms of trust and will motivate Iraq to go alone and managed its new found democracy.

Almost 170,000 US military and service personnel were in Iraq for the nearly nine-year war in the country against alleged terrorist and to destroy Saddam Hussein's regime. The coming of soldiers hit a peak in 2007, in the wake of the surge as ordered by former US President George W. Bush. Thus, US spent an estimated $US1 trillion ...
... and lost 4400 troops in casualties.

Last August 2010, the US slowly withdrew combat troops from Iraq. Republicans who are pro-war have welcomed the reduction of US troop numbers in Iraq or Afghanistan. However, some Pentagon insiders have also expressed fears over Iraq's future without a US military presence. General Helmick is one of the skeptical military leaders on the complete pull-out of military soldiers, he said, "We really don't know what is going to happen, but we know we've done everything we can for the Iraqi security forces."

Reports said that President Obama and Prime Minister al-Maliki will further discuss the efforts of the two countries in starting a new relationship and their strategic partnership. This will largely benefit Iraq so it will be able to stand on its own feet and rebuild its political and economic system. The pull-out of soldiers will also benefit the US to build a trusting relationship with Iraq as an ally in the Middle East.

There is an unconfirmed report that PM al-Maliki is supporting the Syrian government and the Assad regime. However, this is denied by al-Maliki and said that he supports the demand for freedom and democracy of Syrian people.

In the meeting, Obama seems to imply his re-election motives for 2012. Obama noted the end of Iraq war and the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq as a promise he made as part of his election campaign. However, it seems that the chances of Obama for re-election was very weak as US is still trying to emerge from the deepest recession in American history.

Hopefully, the meeting will give way to a fruitful relationship that will benefit the two countries. Below is the video of the meeting of the two leaders documented by Associated Press.

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