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McCain backs Obama Iraq pullout plan ["I support it"]
Reuters ^
| 2009-02-27
| Steve Holland
Posted on 02/27/2009 8:46:21 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:46:41 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
If the Generals say that it is a good idea, then I support it, too.
Thanks to Bush, we will be able to leave Iraq with victory.
To: rabscuttle385
so whats the difference between Obama Iraq pullout plan to Bush’s?
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:47:43 AM PST
by
4rcane
To: rabscuttle385
What a WIMP! Move on John McLame....I only voted for you because it was either vote for the devil or vote for the demon!
To: rabscuttle385
Just commenting on the timeline... it's nothing new or surprising. The war was won by Bush/Petreaus through the Surge and strengthened Iraqi federalism.
Bush already sealed the deal that by 2011 the majority of troops would be back home.
Obama is merely adding a defeatist angle to it, in order not to legitimize "Bush's war", while taking the credit for ending it.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:48:45 AM PST
by
SolidWood
(Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
To: Retired Greyhound
I’ll go along with the generals too. I’m not interested in McCain’s thoughts or what the Kenyan thinks.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:50:22 AM PST
by
pallis
To: rabscuttle385
Bush’s Iraq-USA 2008 SOFA said combat troops will pullout in July 2010. So this is later. Supposed to be complete by year end 2010.
Victory allows you to do that, return your combat troops to home.
What no one is talking about is the 50,000 trainers Obama left behind in Iraq.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:52:44 AM PST
by
Tarpon
(ItÂ’s a common fact, one canÂ’t be liberal and rational at the same time.)
To: rabscuttle385
Thanks for nothing, McCain. If you had spent more time during the campaign criticizing 0bama and the Democrats’ economic ideas and policies, you might have won the election and wouldn’t be making yourself look like a fool by pulling a 180 on Iraq now.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:53:21 AM PST
by
Post Toasties
(Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
To: rabscuttle385
We’ve won the war in Iraq, and there is already a force reduction agreement in effect.
McCain said the troops would be there through the national election, and as many as 50,000 would remain indefinitely. The circumstances have changed dramatically since the campaign, and bringing our troops home with dignity is fine with me.
I don’t see a problem with this.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:53:27 AM PST
by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: rabscuttle385
Welcome to the ash heap of history!
John, have you met Harold Stassen? He’s right over there on the couch with Sidney, Clayton and Jugdish.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:54:45 AM PST
by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: rabscuttle385
Karnak the Magnificant: "A feel-er , a see-er and a pee-er . . ."
To: Post Toasties
This is nonsense. Bush already agreed with the Iraqis that by 2011 we'll bring home most troops. McCain did not an U turn on this. We have won the war. But Obama makes it look like he is "ending" it.
What McCain (and every other pubbie) SHOULD do is exposing this to America. We are bringing the troops home as Bush promised.
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posted on
02/27/2009 8:58:26 AM PST
by
SolidWood
(Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
To: rabscuttle385
Peace in our time!
/sarcasm
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:02:24 AM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Where every principled conservative belongs: http://aipnews.com/mxPage.asp?ID=3)
To: SolidWood
I agree that McCain is making a fool of himself and to do so is nonsense. But he apparently actually wants to compromise his public image (and by inference that of the Republican Party as a whole to some extent) by discrediting his own presidential campaign rhetoric now for no otherwise discernable reason.
Understand that my comment has nothing whatsoever to do with whether 0bama in reality is conforming to Bush's withdrawal plan or not.
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:06:10 AM PST
by
Post Toasties
(Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
To: 4rcane
so whats the difference between Obama Iraq pullout plan to Bushs?
A public announcement and political spectacle
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:07:25 AM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget (July 4, 2009 see you there))
To: rabscuttle385
Future quotes from McCain's Leg Tingle Obama Love Tour:
"I think the President's initiative to ban firearms that look like assault weapons is a sound and necessary plan to save Mexico."
"President Obama's Universal Healthcare Plan is needed to provide for all God's Children"
"The President's Amnesty package is long overdue to provide legitimacy to our large segment of mortage defaulted homeowners"
"The Obama administration should be applauded for enacting my plan on Cap and Trade"
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:15:46 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Come and Take it!)
To: rabscuttle385
Why doesn't he just go ahead and officially join the Marxist party. The North Vietnamese indoctrination of him seems to have worked.
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:17:02 AM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(Obama's initials stands for: One Big A$$ Mistake Amerika!!)
To: rabscuttle385
John, you lost!
Nobody care what you think, support or don't support!
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:19:19 AM PST
by
lonestar
To: rabscuttle385
“...he supports President Obama’s plans to remove U.S. combat forces from Iraq over 19 months.”
Did McCain have his kneepads on when he said this? I just can’t get over that guy. What happened to his psyche after the Vietnamese let him go?
Ah, I know—he became a senator.
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posted on
02/27/2009 9:27:14 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Trust in Glock.)
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