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rulemylife -> RE: Is Obama Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox? (2/28/2009 2:19:00 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Raiikun
Bush was working on withdrawing far before that. He was just against a set timetable too soon, wanting to rely on reviews of the situation.
Something Obama seems to be doing similar to, by extending deployment until 2011 after review of the situation.
Obama said all along he felt we needed to withdraw but still maintain a security presence.
The dispute going on now is the size of the security presence. Myself, I think it is too large, but it is still better than than the exposure 130,000 to 160,000 of our trooprs have had.
And no, Bush was not for a withdrawal all along:
(CBS/AP) In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he supported a plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months.
When asked when he thinks U.S. troops should leave Iraq, al-Maliki told the magazine, "As soon as possible, as far as we are concerned."
He added, "U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is right when he talks about 16 months."..............
The prime minister, who has spoken of setting a timetable for U.S. withdrawal - an option that has been anathema to the White House - discounted the Bush adminstration's concerns.
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