Quote from Nick Leeson Jr:
Lupus82, what about Iraq?

Quote from bugscoe:
Great. Then why are the troops still there and what is the (lets call it half) $41.5B for? Plane tickets home?
Quote from Nick Leeson Jr:
I thought Barkey Obama was going to get the US out of the middle east??
Quote from Landis82:
You truly are uninformed and ignorant, Nickie.
Per the "security agreement" that the Bush Administration cut with the Iraqi Parliament last summer and designed by General David Petraeus ALL U.S. troops will be out of Iraqi cities by June 30th, 2008, and the U.S. military will end its presence in Iraq in 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/27/AR2008112700536.html
The "security agreement" allows Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to request an extension of the deadlines if he feels Iraqi forces need help. But the prime minister's spokesman said the withdrawal deadlines, including the June 30 date, were "non-extendable."
Again, this agreement and timetable was created and developed by the Bush Administration last Summer and voted on by the Iraqi Parliament last November.
Contrary to the most incompetent Secretary of Defense ever (Donald Rumsfeld), President Obama appears to actually listen to his military leaders on the ground, such as General Ray Odierno and Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen.
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491b1f38012a2744911176.txt
Congrats Nickie.
My IGNORE list is making new all-time highs. You truly are an idiot. But hey, don't feel too bad, there are plenty of "uninformed" kids using ET as their virtual playground while their parents are at work.![]()
Quote from lolatBushites:
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The only conclusion about these neocons is they are mentally retarded. There is definitely something that is not working for these imbeciles in the logic and cognition department.
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Quote from Nick Leeson Jr:
OK Lupus82,
Justify and apologize for the Democrats foolish demand for more money to throw away in the middle east anyway you want, perhaps you feel safer in your loft in the Castro at night knowing we have some boots on the ground over there or whatever.
Bush is history, the war is now Barkey's, his administration can do the right thing or the wrong thing, right now he is doing the same thing Bush did, Bravo democrats! The 82 after your name is your IQ, right?

Quote from Landis82:
Does the trailer park that you live in not get cable tv?
During the presidential campaign, Obama, an early opponent of the war, promised two things:
1.) To withdraw all US combat troops from Iraq within 16 months.
2.) He would maintain a residual force on the ground to train Iraq forces, fight extremists and protect US assets.
He is following through on his promise within the parameters of the "Security Agreement" that the Iraqi Parliament approved last year.
I know you must not have been born yet during the War in Vietnam, but there were some serious mistakes regarding troop withdrawal in that war, and the destabilizing effect that it had on the region, and our allies. Obama is smart enough to understand that, hence the fact that he campaigned on a 16-month time line for withdrawal. You obviously aren't very smart and your "pea-brain" is unable to fathom why we don't initiate an immediate withdrawal.
Nothing new here, except to those white trash such as yourself Nickie
that never went to college and still live with their parents in the "double-wide".
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