What do you suppose the motive is behind this?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered to halt attacks on the U.S.-led military if the Iraqi government and President Bush set a two-year timetable for withdrawing all foreign troops from the country, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

In other news, groups known as terrorists are known to manipulate politics using violence against civilians to advance an agenda.

They can’t seriously think that anyone would believe them. Nobody will, right?

This reminds me of the letter that Iran President Ahmadinejad wrote to US President Bush. There were many parallels to various left-wing rants on topics from Israel to Iraq. One should reconfigure their political talking points when they start to line up with those of the enemy.