Let's give them the middle finger....

Let me get this straight and see if I understand this story. A branch of Al Qaeda is saying they will stop fighting for a month so we (the Coalition) can pull out of Iraq. Basically, this is what they are saying.

"We are offering you the opportunity to withdraw your troops in complete
safety and we are expecting your response within two weeks," said the voice
purporting to be that of Baghdad, leader of a self-proclaimed Islamic emirate
in western and north-central Iraq that is dominated by Al-Qaeda
supporters.

"The giant has begun to collapse and is seeking to negotiate through
various parties, particularly through its agents," it said. "It conveyed to us
through the Saud family (the royal family in Saudi Arabia), the dictators of the (Arabian) peninsula, its desire (to negotiate), claiming already to have sat down with all parties apart from us. "But we told it: 'We don't negotiate with those who have shed the blood of our children.'"

Your offering us the opportunity? Guess what - we have had the opportunity. We choose not to take it.

US officials have expressed readiness to open up communications with
insurgent groups in Iraq but have always excluded those with links to
Al-Qaeda.

Awww, did we hurt your feeling by not including you?