Colin Powell via Reuters
Max Sawicky and Brad DeLong

"Because a large military presence will still be required under U.S. command, some would say 'Well you are not giving full sovereignty'. But we are giving sovereignty so that sovereignty can be used to say, 'We invite you to remain'. That is a sovereign decision,"

It is not a decision at all unless that "sovereignty" can also be used to say "We demand that you leave." The fraud would be more subtle if he had said "Because we believe that a large military presence will still be required under U.S. command , some would say 'Well you are not giving full sovereignty'. But we are giving sovereignty so that sovereignty can be used to say, 'We invite you to remain' or 'It's time for you to go'. That is a sovereign decision,"

It's not like they would have to really let the "sovereign" Iraqi interim government tell them to leave and live out the day. I mean a fig leaf doesn't work if you insist on using it to wipe your feet.