Soroševi instituti opet valjaju gluposti. How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the US on Troop Withdrawal The real story behind the U.S. withdrawal is how a clever strategy of deception and diplomacy adopted by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in cooperation with Iran outmaneuvered Bush and the U.S. military leadership and got the United States to sign the U.S.-Iraq withdrawal agreement. http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2011/12/16/how-maliki-and-iran-outsmarted-the-us-on-troop-withdrawal/