Obama's Troop Withdrawal Proposal

There is an article in today's New York Post relating talks that Obama had with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari during Barack Obama's visit to Iraq this past summer.  The Foreign Minister charges that while Obama was promising the American electorate that he wanted the troops out in sixty days, he was asking Iraq to leave the troops there until after the US elections and also stated that he wanted congress involved in any agreements involving the withdrawal of troops.  This is a direct violation of the Logan Act, which according to Wikipedia is "a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years."  Aside from that, I would not be willing to let congress negotiate anything at this point.  Anyway, this is incredibly stupid on the part of Obama.  It is a strictly political calculation that I hope will badly misfire.  As a military mom, I resent our troops being used as political pawns.