al-Maliki: Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

Head 'em up. Move 'em out. It's time to go.

According to Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi forces are capable, and American troops can leave "any time they want." These are the words that America has been dying to hear.

"We say in full confidence that we are able, God willing, to take the responsibility completely in running the security file if the international forces withdraw at any time they want," he said. [Source]

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, joined by the foreign ministers of nations making key contributions of military forces in Iraq, emphatically said yesterday that if the incoming Iraqi interim government ordered the departure of foreign troops after July 1, [2004], they would pack up without protest. [Source]