{"id":4835,"date":"2004-05-18T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2004-05-18T19:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/05\/18\/the-sovereignty-promise-as-ex"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:46","slug":"the-sovereignty-promise-as-exit-strategyexcuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/05\/18\/the-sovereignty-promise-as-exit-strategyexcuse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sovereignty Promise as Exit Strategy\/Excuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This weblog usually stays away from politics, so let’s just call this posting prognostication — a little musing spiced with our customary skepticism.<\/FONT><\/P>
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\"exit\"  Many in the press and public are wondering whether the June 30th date for the transfer of power in Iraq will hold (e.g<\/EM>., Newsweek<\/EM>, “<\/EM>Pencil It In<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>,” 05-17-05).  <\/EM>Others ponder what “sovereignty” really is, if U.S. troops are still in Iraq (e.g.<\/EM>, Consortium News. com, Iraq’s “Sovereignty” Mirage<\/FONT><\/A>, 05-18-04).<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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The pyj <\/EM>team had an “aha! moment” on Sunday, when we heard Secretary of State Colin Powell<\/STRONG> being interviewed on ABC This Week<\/A><\/FONT><\/EM>.  Secretary Powell told George Stephanopoulos that theoretically the new Iraqi government can demand that foreign troops leave and America would respect such a request<\/STRONG> from a sovereign state.  <\/FONT><\/P>
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Our reaction:  that’s their exit strategy!  <\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P>
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