I hate to say "I told you so" ... well, actually, no, I don't.

It was way back in December when I wrote this (important bits emphasized):

Regular readers of this blog (other than Pete Rempel and Jinx McHue, that is) may recall that I regularly ask when (or if) Iraq will eventually become fully "sovereign," or whether that question even has any meaning, given the frequency with which the Bush administration keeps yammering on about how they will, some day for sure, "grant" full sovereignty to Iraq, as if they're doing Iraq a favour or something.

This has become a bigger issue lately given that the Bushies have kind of, sort of promised that, if Iraq told the Americans to leave, they would, which kind of, sort of suggests that the Iraqis really are running things, no?

There's more, but here's the recent, fun development:

A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.

In short, the Iraqis have pretty much had enough and want to know when the U.S. is going to get the fuck out. And that upcoming clash of wills would be amusing all by itself without Dick Cheney opening his mouth and putting his foot in it:

What the Democrats are suggesting, basically, about a withdrawal -- you can call it redeployment, whatever you want to call it. Basically, it in effect validates the terrorists' strategy.

Oh, man. I can't wait to see how this plays out.