The New York Times now speaks for Iraqis

"He made no mention of American troops in a nationally televised speech, even though nearly 130,000 remain in the country; most had already pulled back from Iraq’s cities before Tuesday’s deadline. The excitement, however, has rung hollow for many Iraqis, who fear that their country’s security forces are not ready to stand alone and who see the government’s claims of independence as overblown." So according to the New York Times, the Iraqis want the US occupiers to stay forever although all public opinion survey conducted in Iraq (and sometimes on behalf of the US government) indicate that overwhelmingly the Iraqi people want US troops to leave Iraq NOW.