Iraq: Independent Country or an American Colony?

One cannot help but be amused over the negotiations taking place between the U.S and Iraq's governments over how long U.S. troops will be permitted to stay in Iraq and whether occupation troops will be subject to Iraqi law.

My question is, why is this something that even needs to be negotiated? I thought that Iraq was now a sovereign and independent country. Isn’t that what President Bush and U.S. officials have been telling us ever since U.S. troops invaded and occupied Iraq?

If Iraq is an independent country then why does it have to negotiate anything with the United States, including an exit date for U.S. troops and how criminal offenses committed by U.S. troops in Iraq are going to be handled?.

Why can’t Iraq simply tell the U.S. government when it is going to leave Iraq and how the actions of its troops are going to be handled as long as they are in Iraq? As a sovereign and independent country, why does Iraq need consent or approval from the U.S. government for how things operate within Iraq?

Does the U.S. government need the consent and approval of foreign regimes before taking actions within the United States? Surely not.

The truth is President Bush and U.S. officials consider Iraq to be a conquered nation and a colony now with the U.S. Empire. That’s why the new U.S. Embassy is slated to be the largest of its kind in the world. Equally the size of Vatican City. It’s also why Bush’s forces have been building permanent military bases during their occupation of Iraq.

Iraq is not an independent country. It's merely a colony in the U.S Empire.