Security Agreement with Iraq, ..."Deja Vu"

In the NYTimes, here

"...In a treaty signed on Oct. 10, 1922, Britain agreed to prepare the country for independence. But the treaty postponed discussion of exactly how this would happen, and effectively prolonged Britain’s mandate under another form for at least 20 years (a period later reduced)."

(From the New York Times, 1929', 1930', 1931'...)