And there is pressure in those countries for the troops to leave as well.
They also are not there as an occupying power.
Don't you think that there should be a push toward Iraq sovereignty?
Iraqis need to govern themselves. Sadly, I don't see a Democracy in Iraq. I think we'll see something more akin to a coalition government where a specific religious faction keeps control.
"I have no Plan B. ... I cannot give you a good alternative because if I had a good alternative, maybe we could consider it now. Every alternative that I know of that is keyed to a date for withdrawal, which that would dictate, is chaos in the region. And genocide."
— In an interview with The New York Times, April 14, 2007
I'm just saying that he was very clear about his stance on a timetable...until he came up with one of his own. A timetable is either naive and foolish or it's not.
Bro, is 2013 a time table for withdrawal or a firm prediction of how long it will take to achieve stabaliztion?
what Obama wants is a timetable for withdrawal that is stated publically and our enemies can simply lay low unitl we pass that date.
You are taking McCain out of context again.
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You have been gone too long... But still.... Do I have to smack you upside the head too!
No head smacking allowed...Diz does that to me just fine! Btw: I did say TIC at the end of that thing didn't I?
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hmm this obsession with how much money people make rings familiar, lol
Only obsession (if one calls it an obsession, more of a comment) is that when the Rich get Richer & the poor get poorer, and what's left of the Middle class is meant to bear the main cost, that is the stuff that fuels revolutions!
Iraqis need to govern themselves. Sadly, I don't see a Democracy in Iraq. I think we'll see something more akin to a coalition government where a specific religious faction keeps control.
It will be unstable for sure, but sadly that is but the norm for that part of the world.