Posted on 02/27/2009 5:21:53 PM PST by Kaslin
Iraq War: President Obama traveled to Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday to announce that the U.S. would stay in Iraq at least until 2012 and keep 50,000 troops there even after combat ends. Sound familiar?
In short, though President Obama will get credit, it was Bush's plan not Obama's.
When Obama first began running for the nation's highest office in 2006, he vowed he would immediately withdraw all U.S. combat forces if elected. At the time, few with any knowledge about the conflict in Iraq took him seriously.
And sure enough, faced with the realities on the ground in Iraq and in the campaign back home, Obama changed his stance last year from immediately withdrawing all combat forces to one of removing, as his campaign Web site said, "one to two combat brigades each month, and (having) all our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months."
Now comes his much-awaited plan. Technically, Obama won't be able keep his most recent promise on troop withdrawals, but he'll come close. For that he can thank President Bush and the highly successful "surge" in troops he and Gen. David Petraeus put in place, making withdrawal possible.
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go ahead, it’ll make you feel better.
I thought we’d already agreed to pull out; thanks for posting this.
I think Obama has a mental disorder. Seriesly.
President Bush made this victory possible. Not that it will ever be mentioned by the Establishment DNC press.
Pray for America and Our Troops
Well he wants to take the laurel(?) for it
He sure did
He acts more like Hardy than Laurel.
Pray for America and Our Troops
Tremendously understated. He is totally insane. He has a little boy mentality that has learned to lie and twist. But what is even more scary is the millions of Americans that are just as mentally ill.
Well, I recall one prominent IL legislator saying BS was basically given gift legislation for the final yard while others had worked the 99 yards.
yeah- its basically the Bush Iraq Exit Strategy
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8302
[speaking to Iraqi people]
“Our nations have known difficult times together. But ours is a bond forged by shared bloodshed, and countless friendships among our people. We Americans have offered our most precious resource our young men and women to work with you to rebuild what was destroyed by despotism; to root out our common enemies; and to seek peace and prosperity for our children and grandchildren, and for yours.”
I have to wonder about which ‘despot’ the speech writer was referring to.
“I think Obama has a mental disorder. Seriesly.”
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I just watched a movie that featured Slim Pickens. I can just imagine Ol’ Slim looking at you. “That there’s a mighty fine job o’ statin’ thuh obvious Sandy, Ah’m real proud o’ yuh.”
If you are right, this could be hugh.
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