Today in a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs two members of the Iraqi Parliament told members of Congress several new truths. One was that the only reason there was so much violence in Iraq was because the US Troops were there. That the violence was not pointed at Iraqis but at the Occupier's and that it would end when a Timetable was in place.
A interesting aside is that the only Hawkish member of the House present was Dana Rohrbacker, and he is nuts anyway. The only other Republican present almost flat out apologized for the War, stating we went in on a lie and he knew it now. More on the flipside
Another interesting point was when they were asked about the Bush claim that we would leave only " when the Iraqis stand up, the US will stand down ". While refusing to set a firm timetable for the US troops to leave, the Iraqi politicians made it clear that until our Troops back off, and we quit paying militias, the Federal Troops won't be able to stand up. That contrdicts almost everything Patreaus told us.
Speaking of Patreaus, the Iraqi's were asked if the Splurge was the reason for the drop in violence and the answer was a resounding No. The reason given was the local governments controlling there own people.
This hearing was in regards to the Security Agreement Bush and Condi are trying to push through before Jan when the UN resolution expires. The Iraq's would rather wait until the next President is in office, meaning Obama of course.
I was not taking notes, and wish I had. If anyone else watch this amzing hearing and can add more, please do. Hopefully CSpan will replay the hearing, which should resume soon on Cspan3.