Strange But So True

While Harry Reid and his co-conspirators conspire legislative means to force troop withdrawal from Iraq.
The United nations has approved a resolution to continue support for the American an multi-lateral troop deployment to Iraq. Not indefinitely but until the Iraqis feel they can control the secular violence within Iraq themselves.
You can search all the major network sites on the Internet and you will not find an article featured that reports this fact.
I found it by looking at the Internet site of Al Jazeera as I am wont to do on occasion to see what propaganda this Arabic network is spewing.The following is an excerpt from their Internet English site:
"UN extends forces mandate in Iraq" is the title of the article.

"Iraq's foreign minister said the government has made strides toward "self-sufficient security"[AP]

The United Nations has extended its mandate for US-led forces in Iraq after the country's foreign minister said they were "vitally necessary" for security and regional stability.

Hoshyar Zebari called the UN security council's move "very positive for Iraq".

He said all Security Council members understood "what the Iraqi government is facing", illustrated by the bombing of Samarra's Askariya shrine on Wednesday by "terrorists ... seek to destroy the fabric of Iraqi society".

The resolution adopted by the Security Council last year, which extended the mandate of the multinational force for one year starting on December 31, authorised a review of the mandate by June 15.

At an open council meeting, Zebari said that despite Iraq's daily violence, "the government has made tremendous strides toward the day when security will be provided by a self-sufficient, Iraqi national security force".

He said: "While Iraqis will always be grateful for their liberation from an absolute despot, no Iraqi government official - indeed, no Iraqi citizen - wants the presence of foreign troops on Iraqi soil one day longer than is vitally necessary.

"But today, and for the foreseeable months at least, the presence of [foreign] troops is vitally necessary not only for Iraq but also to safeguard regional security and stability."

Our Media portrays the war as a quagmire similar to Viet Nam, and most of the Democrat contenders(aka pretenders) for the White House in 2008 are calling for our withdrawal. Who should we listen to? I personally believe the Iraqi representative who spoke to the UN and wanted us to stay until they can control their own Country. Then we can withdraw!
In its statement, the UN said: "As requested by the government of Iraq ... the members of the council agreed upon the continuation of the mandate."
For this one time we should listen to the UN!