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The Bush Pullout
IBD Editorials ^ | February 27, 2009

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?


Obama's withdrawal plan would take U.S. forces in Iraq down from a current 142,000 troops to 35,000 to 50,000. Under the status of forces agreement between the U.S. and Iran, negotiated and signed last year by the Bush administration, all forces must be out of Iraq by the end of 2011.

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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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bho44; bush; cicobama; iraq; lejeune; oif; timetable; troopwithdrawal
I can't even put to words what I want to say about this arrogant scum ball
1 posted on 02/27/2009 5:21:53 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

go ahead, it’ll make you feel better.


2 posted on 02/27/2009 5:23:27 PM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: Kaslin

I thought we’d already agreed to pull out; thanks for posting this.

I think Obama has a mental disorder. Seriesly.


3 posted on 02/27/2009 5:24:15 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (HOPE and CHANGE? More like BAIT and SWITCH.)
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To: Kaslin

President Bush made this victory possible. Not that it will ever be mentioned by the Establishment DNC press.

Pray for America and Our Troops


4 posted on 02/27/2009 5:29:08 PM PST by bray (Welcome to the USSA!)
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To: SandyInSeattle

Well he wants to take the laurel(?) for it


5 posted on 02/27/2009 5:33:32 PM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for Obma: One Bad Ass Mistake America)
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To: bray

He sure did


6 posted on 02/27/2009 5:34:03 PM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for Obma: One Bad Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

He acts more like Hardy than Laurel.

Pray for America and Our Troops


7 posted on 02/27/2009 5:44:58 PM PST by bray (Welcome to the USSA!)
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To: SandyInSeattle
I think Obama has a mental disorder.

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.

8 posted on 02/27/2009 6:06:30 PM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: Kaslin; LucyT; STARWISE; BP2; unspun; seekthetruth; ExTexasRedhead; Frantzie; Chief Engineer; ...

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


9 posted on 02/27/2009 6:20:11 PM PST by BonRad (As Rome goes so goes the world)
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To: Kaslin

[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.


10 posted on 02/27/2009 6:25:48 PM PST by james500
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To: SandyInSeattle

“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.”


11 posted on 02/27/2009 7:27:23 PM PST by RipSawyer (I have scant HOPE for the PRESENT absent a major CHANGE.)
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To: SandyInSeattle
I think Obama has a mental disorder. Seriesly.

If you are right, this could be hugh.

12 posted on 02/28/2009 3:14:58 AM PST by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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