http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/...
DUBAI: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in remarks published on Tuesday he would oppose the use of Iraqi territory as a launchpad for any US military strike on Syria.
"I absolutely reject that Iraqi territory be used as a launchpad for any military strike against Syria or any other Arab country," Talabani told Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat.
"But this is my personal opinion and my capabilities are limited in confronting America's might ... I cannot impose my opinion on them," he added in an interview.
That last quote simply amazes me. The President of Iraq has little influence over the use of his country by the United States, even as a launching pad for attachs against a sovereign foreign nation. He's not even able to impose his opninion on American intererests in his own country let alone enforce them? Yay democracy.