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Posted By not2needy 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsThe fall assessment of the politically unpopular war would put the Iraq debate front-and-center in this year's presidential elections, and possibly influence Iraqi provincial elections expected this November.
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not2needy1 year, 6 months ago
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Petraeus has previously been reluctant to say when his next assessment of troop levels would be. In a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, the four-star Army general said conditions on the ground will still determine whether more troops can come home.
But, he noted, "My sense is that I will be able to make a recommendation at that time for some further reductions.
Very Rovian strategy.. right before election, a politically unpopular war, start pulling them out, try to get McCain elected, and then send them right back to Iraq. AN IDIOT could see through this scheme.
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cowboygrandpa1 year, 6 months ago
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n2n:
Let's see. Petraeus thinks he might be able to sway the elections in both nations by sending some American troops home.
By delaying the vote in Iraq he is hoping to protect the Republican party from being embarrassed by the vote in in Iraq should it turn out badly in any way.
Of course this is nothing new for the neocons. They think nothing of playing with other peoples lives in order to attain what they seek.
We are here for their purpose, don't you know? Otherwise they don't need us. We just take up precious food and and other commodities.
Sorry you are not feeling well. Feel better soon.
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lfergie8121 year, 6 months ago
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"The fall assessment of the politically unpopular war would put the Iraq debate front-and-center in this year's presidential elections, and possibly influence Iraqi provincial elections expected this November."
I never expected anything less. I also expect the price of gasoline to start dropping around that time but it never helped them two years ago.
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dunkirk1 year, 6 months ago
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ROFLMAO< gee anyone thing troops wont be coming home in Sept to be followed by the next "surge" in Decemeber after the elections.
But it is kinda odd, why none of the righties are complaining about how that helps the insurgents by giving them hope, ya know lets keep it quiet for a few months and they'll go away. AND, (horrors of horrors), we can follow them home and fight them there.
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jimdoze1 year, 6 months ago
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"Regardless how long the administration may choose to remain engaged in the strife in that country, our troops are better off with the leadership these two distinguished soldiers provide," said Levin, D-Mich.
Clinton, D-N.Y., thanked the generals for their "incredible leadership."
Oh, BTW, to those comparing Iraq to Vietnam... Iraq is strategically far more important than Vietnam ever was.
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walden31 year, 6 months ago
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"...an endorsement by the panel's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton."
Not much different between Repubs and Dems. Without a counterbalance, even an artificial one, we can't stay in the middle. There needs to be an opposition party, if for nothing else then just to challenge ideas and conventional wisdom.
Any way you look at it Iraq is a FOB. It is the new DMZ. There will be tens of thousands of US troops in Iraq for decades.
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Poulenc1 year, 6 months ago
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Yes, this is a game of footsie, isn't it: a bit of tickle, then withdrawal (but not of the troops) then re-tickle, and...
There's no end to the number of times this can occur; what it does is create a climate of possibility, even of hope, to which people desperate for same (which is all of us, frankly), can latch onto.
So the meaning of "is" is..."maybe."
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