The U.S. has given Iraq the "final text" of a security pact that determines how long U.S. forces will be allowed to stay in the country, Reuters reported Thursday. "We've gotten back to them with a final text. Through this step we have completed the process on the U.S. side," U.S. embassy spokeswoman Susan Ziadeh told Reuters. "Iraq will now need to take it forward through their own process." A top Iraqi official said the U.S. accepted some proposals and rejected others, presumably an Iraqi demand for expanded legal control over U.S. soldiers. The official would not elaborate and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Did they include a bill for the money it has cost the U.S. to give them their freedom? Cheap oil for the U.S. for the next 50 years would be nice. Since the U.S. is the one that set up the current government why aren't we dictating the terms to them?

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