"He wants to take out the vast majority of the forces. Then he wants to put a small marine force in a "nearby" country, to be used as a "quick-strike" force in Iraq if necessary. '
This is really wacky. If you move the troops out why keep them close. Under what pretext does he suggest you send them back?
I don't know, but if our presense in IRAQ bothers people, why doesn't our presense in AFGHANISTAN cause trouble? Or South Korea, or any other of dozens of countries?
Why wouldn't these haters of america just run up to Afghanistan.
In fact, maybe that should be another argument we should start making. By being in Iraq, we are keeping the terrorists out of Afghanistan, which really needs a chance to become a democracy.
If we leave Iraq, Afghanistan will fall.