Will the war in Iraq be over just because the president says it is?
I'm still confused.
President Obama announced today "how the war in Iraq will end" -- with the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by Aug. 31, 2010.
Excuse me. How will that action end the war?
I applaud Obama for setting a timetable. It's overdue. But, if "ending the war in Iraq" were as simple as bringing our troops home, I'm sure even George Bush could have thought of that.
In saying he's going to end the war, what Obama must really mean is he's going to get our combat troops out of the war and leave the rest of the fighting to the Iraqi army.
Unless ...
Unless he thinks the presence of U.S. combat troops is causing the continuation of war in Iraq. If he does believe that, however, he should push for a much swifter drawdown.
Or unless the war is already over. Is it? Bush absurdly proclaimed "Mission Accomplished" long before that was a fact and prematurely said "major combat operations" had ceased.
Are major combat operations over now? If so, does that mean there's no "war" anymore? Instead, maybe there's just terrorism, insurgency and miscellaneous murder and mayhem. But not war.
Can you simply define a war out of existence?
It strikes me that's what Obama is trying to do.
Let's just hope the reality on the ground doesn't tell a different story on the day he's set for the end of the war.
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When I am president , I will bring the troops home on day one! Now who was it that said that and the MSM went wild?
Posted on February 28, 2009 6:50 AM
Malignant narcissism.
Posted on February 28, 2009 8:40 AM
Number 1, Bush could have done a lot of things that so we should just he didn't and President Obama has a lot to fix because of the things that Mr.Bush did do,with that being said..... i don't believe that pulling troops out will began to end the war because the miliants might not be ready to stop they are taking orders from a mad man who wants to destory America for some reason so we should just support President Obama like some supported Bush
Posted on February 28, 2009 9:50 AM
Doug, how dare you question the actions of our Messiah! If you keep this up, we're all going to be responsible for paying our mortgages, credit cards and such. Don't blow it for us!
Posted on February 28, 2009 4:46 PM
Can you simply define a war out of existence?* Confuse Doug
Yep! Happens all the time in ancient and modern history. Ceasar did it with England, of course he was confuse as you Doug, he had to come back a 2 nd time and finish it for good by declaring Victory. One thing about Obama, he loves using history as becoming the new and improve dictator of America like Ceasar did to Rome. Listen, you got to give credit to the Republicans, they created Obama and change by screwing over the United States for the past 8 years.
Don't worry! Obama will leave about 50 thousand USA troops behind in Iraq proving John McCain was right that we will be in Iraq for a another hundred years and finally for the good news. After the increase in American troops in Afgananstan by Obama, they will be coming home much faster when they find out that their paper currency payroll American dollars payments are not accepted anywhere in the world by anybody.
Posted on February 28, 2009 6:23 PM
Was in over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!
Posted on March 3, 2009 11:05 AM