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Obama Opens Door to Altering His Iraq Policy
AP ^ | 7/3/08 | Jennifer Loven

Posted on 07/03/2008 1:55:16 PM PDT by Argus

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama opened the door Thursday to altering his plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq in 16 months based on what he hears from military commanders during his upcoming trip there.

"I am going to do a thorough assessment when I'm there," he told reporters on the airport tarmac here. "I'm sure I'll have more information and continue to refine my policy."

During his presidential campaign, Obama has gone from the hard-edged, vocal opposition to Iraq that defined his early candidacy to more nuanced rhetoric that calls for a phased-out drawdown of all combat brigades that, at a rate of one or two a month, could last 16 months. He has said that if al-Qaida builds bases in Iraq, he would keep troops either in the country or the region to carry out "targeted strikes."

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This guy is hilarious. Or should that be "nuanced"?
1 posted on 07/03/2008 1:55:16 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Argus

B. Hussein should just come out and say that he is willing to change all his policies in order to win the election. I could see him licking his finger and sticking it up in the air when a reporter asks him about his Middle Eastern policy.


2 posted on 07/03/2008 2:03:39 PM PDT by peeps36 ( Al Gore Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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To: Argus

His right hand doesn’t know what his left is doing, he is a dumb ass liberal who bit off more than he can chew.


3 posted on 07/03/2008 2:07:18 PM PDT by boomop1
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To: Argus

its not a flip flop, it’s CHANGE


4 posted on 07/03/2008 2:07:42 PM PDT by edzo4
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To: Argus

Think I will go over and check out how the DU’er are taking it.


5 posted on 07/03/2008 2:13:18 PM PDT by mware
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To: Argus
Hey Barack, don't open the door too wide. When McCain wins in the fall, the door will slam shut right on your big ears Dumbo.
6 posted on 07/03/2008 2:19:56 PM PDT by antiunion person (President McCain, what a disgusting phrase.)
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To: Argus

“I am going to do a thorough assessment when I’m there,”

With your head in or out of your @$$?


7 posted on 07/03/2008 2:29:23 PM PDT by RWB Patriot
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To: mware

First FISA, then full funding of the war, now this....now the dems know how we felt when our guys got “control”. Politicians suck!


8 posted on 07/03/2008 2:31:15 PM PDT by icwhatudo
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To: Argus
This will incite the protesters, Denver is going to be fun to watch, pop the corn and pass the beer.
9 posted on 07/03/2008 2:33:14 PM PDT by boomop1
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To: icwhatudo

Just setting things up for when he does his world tour and
visits Iraq and the media will show glowing photo ops of Obama and some troops ... and he will later his position


10 posted on 07/03/2008 2:34:16 PM PDT by RED SOUTH
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To: Argus
Change? No we can't!

Hope? Nope!

11 posted on 07/03/2008 2:36:21 PM PDT by PISANO
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To: icwhatudo

The easy availability of information over the internet should make things more interesting than usual when a Democrat is eventually again president. Everyone paying attention should learn a clear lesson on the nature of power, control, and politics. The more I learn, the more I lack trust in and despise our “leaders”, regardless of which club they belong to.


12 posted on 07/03/2008 2:37:02 PM PDT by M203M4 (True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
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To: Argus
IN A TIME OF WAR JOHN MCCAIN SERVED AND SUFFERED FOR HIS COUNTRY.



WHILE BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA SERVED HIMSELF...AND STILL DOES.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON, BUT DON'T WANT

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA


NOBAMA '08 SIGHTED IN EMMETT, ID, JULY 2ND, 2008

13 posted on 07/03/2008 2:43:09 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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