Originally Posted by The Jovial One

Woof, I know you're not stupid. I've already establihsed that Der Spiegel is NOT "in the tank" for Obama. So you can actually stop saying that. It is not true. And if you wish to base your further arguments on a lie, then you can just go ahead and discuss this with yourself henceforth.

Now, in the other thread on this subject, you can see how the "retraction" doesn't say WHAT is being retracted, it was issued -- not by al-Maliki -- but by an Iraqi spokesperson through CentCom, that the original version of the story was allowed to be printed by the government-controlled Iraqi newspapers, and that even in the half-hearted retraction -- apparently done to satisy Bush, and for no other reason -- they still say the word "timetable."

al-Maliki said it. Der Spiegel has a detailed transcript of the conversation.

End if story.