Koch urges withdrawal from Iraq

Politico ^ | Jul 20, 2007 | Ed Koch

[bnelson44]

I’m bailing out. I will no longer defend the policy of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq to assist the Iraqi central government in the ongoing civil war. While our men and women in the military suffer casualties daily, the Iraqi government refuses to take the major political steps required to end the civil war.

The U.S. government told the Iraqi government that it needed to achieve 18 goals. Our administration’s recent report to the U.S. Congress on how close the Iraqis have come to achieving those goals states that eight have been achieved, no progress has been made on eight others and two have had mixed results.

With regard to the most important goals, which include bringing the Sunni population into the Shia-dominated government by removing the bans against those (primarily Sunnis) who had served in the prior Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein, the grade was zero.

[Robe]

Some folkes just don’t learn from history....
U.S Constitution...

Created September 17, 1787
Ratified June 21, 1788

Lets see.. 1788 minus 1776 is ,,,
ah what 14 YEARS..

I say the Iraqi government is progressing quite faster that our own did !!!

[Bullish]

Since a pullout and defeat in Iraq helps democrats politically, then he’s all for it.

[Always Right]

Democrats are smelling that America might actually succeed and are scared shirtless.

[tabor]

I decided to read the whole article, and it’s not quite as bad as the header seemed. At the end of the article, Koch says if we pull out of Iraq, we need to prepare for a decades-long battle with Islamists at home, and for America to wake up.
He also makes a couple of somewhat cogent points about Iran and our allies, or rather, lack of them.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Once a ‘rat always a ‘rat.

Hmmm, I remember a Republican President what was once a "rat."

[clintonh8r]

"I'm bailing out."

I'm hoping for a 'chute malfunction.

[rlmorel]

ROTFLMAO!