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“This Isn’t the Immediate Withdrawal that I Used to Know”
Posted by: Emperor Misha I in Democrat Arses, Politics11:34 AM
And wheeeee, under the bus it goes (hat tip LC & IB Ace):
[Obama advisor Anthony Lake] stressed that Mr Obama, even after withdrawing troops from Iraq over 16 months as he has promised, would maintain “a residual presence for clearly defined missions”. These would include military training, and “preparedness to go back in if there are specific acts of genocidal violence”.
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Highlighting a parallel with his first posting as assistant to Henry Cabot Lodge, a US ambassador in 1960s Saigon, he said: “It is common sense that we could not leave Vietnam successfully unless we left behind a government in Saigon that could govern successfully.
“It seems obvious in retrospect; it was not obvious enough to too many politicians at the time. In Iraq it’s the same problem.”
So not only has his “immediate withdrawal” become a 16-month process, the “complete withdrawal” has become a “residual presence” in case, among other things, we have to “go back in there” in cases of genocidal violence.
Oh, and we can’t leave Iraq at all unless we’re sure that the government we leave behind is capable of governing successfully.
What a difference a transition from primaries to general election make, no?
The Obambi Campaign Bus of Doom™ claims another victim.
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And this is going to be different from McVain how???
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 AMUsing
So, which is his true position: the primary position when he was speaking to the party base, or the general election position where he is trying to gain the votes of the rest of the country? Or, neither?
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 AMUsing
EITHER WAY, HE’S LYING HIS ASS OFF!
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 AMUsing
Or, as we like to ask witnesses in my profession “So were you lying then, or are you lying now?”
The Obamessiah flip-flops more than a salmon freshly reeled in and dropped to the floor of the boat, which is fitting, since in terms of having any experience that amounts to anything, he is indeed a fish out of water.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 PMUsing
This one I found on FOX NEWS .. 30000 Korans distributed to people in TEXAS and they’re wondering why people got pissed … lol
click here
As for me, give me 2 of them .. so one can go under each foot as I am taking a dump … to get that little bit of extra thrust as the crap goes into the bowl
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:38 PMUsing
Does “a residual presence for clearly defined missions” mean we might be there for 50 or even 100 years? Is Barak Obama going snatch up baby Alex for his wars??
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:06 PMUsing
Odds, anyone? Who or what is going under the bus next?
The ultimate bus victim? His wife. We can only pray.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:20 PMUsing
I fail to see any flip flop here. We will begin to “immediately withdraw” troops but that doesn’t mean we will withdraw all of them, but of the ones we will withdraw at some point we will begin the process immediately. There is no inconsistency. The confusiuon arises here becasue some people are conflating the idea of withdrawing the troops with the number of troops to be withdrawn, when in actuality, two separate concepts are at work, (1) the act of withdrawal, which will begin immediately, and (2) the number to be withdrawn. On the campaign trail, candidates cannot be expected to fully expound every idea in its entirety on every occasion.
In case it’s not obvious, my tounge is planted firmly in cheek.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:24 PMUsing
Phew!!! *Wipes sweat from brow*
Good one, though. You really had me going there, my friend, and I should know better. :em69:
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 PMUsing
Anonymous: Why not? She is already a victim, what with her six figure salary and Ivy-League education…she was never proud of this country until her dear Barry decided to run for POTUS, you know.
Its a wonder she can speak so elequently with that silver spoon stuck in her mouth.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:47 PMUsing
BiW: You forget that MO has “slave blood” in her, which automagically makes her a victim. Now, if I can just get victimhood status for being an oppressed white european male, then that would be an accomplishment.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:59 PMUsing
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July 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 PMUsing
About time for new shocks on that bus, I think.
If you’re on the now “inconvenient” far left, make sure you look both ways, fore, aft, up and down for that bus bearing down on you when you cross the street.
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 PMUsing
Or better yet, DON’T. Continue walking around with that air of smug superiority and obviously not paying attention to what is going on around you. It won’t hurt. Much.
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 PMUsing
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July 3rd, 2008 at 8:43 PMUsing