Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Barack W Bush?
So despite his promises to leave behind the damage of Li'l Georgie, we have been treated to President Obama embracing the discredited rendition policy, agree with Bushovik secrecy positions on e-mails and "evidence" against Guantanamo prisoners and now we get this.
President Obama is nearing a decision that would order American combat forces out of Iraq by August 2010 as he seeks to finally end a war that has consumed and polarized the United States for nearly six years, senior administration officials said Tuesday.And no, there is no good reason to leave any American in Iraq at that late date. Sadly we are seeing the result of Obama's failure to put his own men in the Pentagon. Gates, Betrayus and the others are not serving the current president.
The timetable would give the military three months more to withdraw than the 16-month pullout Mr. Obama promised last year on the campaign trail, a compromise that could assuage the concerns of ground commanders who want to cement security gains, strengthen political institutions and make sure Iraq does not become unstable all over again.
Even with the withdrawal order, Mr. Obama plans to leave behind a “residual force” of tens of thousands of troops to continue training Iraqi security forces, hunt down foreign terrorist cells and guard American institutions, just as he said he would during last year’s campaign.
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