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Originally Posted by justabubba
let's see what they said regarding our staying or leaving:
any surprise that the general wants our forces to stick around another twelve years, risking their lives to fight his country's civil war?
anyone surprised that someone outside the government, who seeks to maintain his political authority in the form of a militia, whose existance is being challenged by our military, wants us gone?
so, yep, as your thread title says " Iraqis Differ on Obama's Plans"
what's your point ... that Obama will not hold firm to his position that American troops will be withdrawn. he has shown no inclination to back away from that long-held position thus far ... but i welcome you to prove me wrong that unlike mKKKain, Obama is not flip flopping here |
Flip flop, flip flop, this is the sound of Obama's clock. Welcome me to prove you wrong?
....well...OK, here ya go:
Prior to his Houston remarks, Obama's previous position favored an American combat troop withdrawal over a sixteen-to-eighteen-month timeframe. He has been less specific on the number and mission of any advisers he would leave behind.
Ending the war in the first year of his potential presidency, therefore, is the strongest stand Obama has taken thus far, and one he will be questioned on sharply by the Republicans and the media. As Juan Cole noted last year, the Bush-Cheney team is preparing a "poison pill" of disorder and blame for any future President contemplating an Iraq troop withdrawal.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080303/hayden