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BREAKING — President Obama Will Announce Today Complete Drawdown of US Troops/Iraq/By Year End
ABC News ^ | October 21, 2011 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 10/21/2011 9:33:36 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Sources tell ABC News that the president will announce today that US troops in Iraq will draw down to zero by the end of the year.

A White House official says that at approximately 11:30am today, President Obama convened a secure video conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to talk with him about this news.

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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Listening to I-I-I-bama spike the ball! Bringing the war to the end in a responsible way - His Mission Accomplished phrase. Roll the videos of chaos to come.


41 posted on 10/21/2011 9:56:36 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I put the TV on mute as soon as I heard his first words...”I I I...as the Presdient I promised to end the...bah blah blah...”

I’m sure Mookie and company are thrilled to hear the news..


42 posted on 10/21/2011 9:56:43 AM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Salvavida
"I agree. Add to that an agreement to recoup money to defray the expense of the war via oil pricing incentives. Freedom isn't free."

LOL, from him? Yeah right...

43 posted on 10/21/2011 9:56:46 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: bergmeid

“Kill Khadaffi, get rid of Mubarak, now go after Assad, get the “puppets of the west” out of muslim lands. This means CALIPHATE, people!”

It also means that the Mahdi/AntiChrist will soon take power; which also means that the Rapture is near. Maranatha.


44 posted on 10/21/2011 9:57:08 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
South Vietnam 1975.

Obama is doing this to get the Leftist voter turnout firmed up, but how will the inevitable Iranian attacks play?

I'm a little shocked that he is politically stupid enough to do 10 months before the U.S. elections. I expected him to do it in Aug-Sep, so that he could get the “tuck and run” vote without having to suffer the consequences.

45 posted on 10/21/2011 9:57:29 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Hopefully it will be the end of nation-building


46 posted on 10/21/2011 9:57:50 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I am so sick of him.


47 posted on 10/21/2011 9:58:27 AM PDT by JFC
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I am so sick of him.


48 posted on 10/21/2011 9:58:30 AM PDT by JFC
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To: bergmeid

NBC used the “dramatic” special report for this speech.
made me think we had another 9/11 on our hands.

This seems premature until we are aware of how the various revolutions in the
ME are going to end up....


49 posted on 10/21/2011 9:58:56 AM PDT by Winstons Julia (when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

That cinches it. Obama is in full campaign mode. He is now fully invested in the mobs in Zuccotti Park.


50 posted on 10/21/2011 9:59:22 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Once again putting his re-election desires above the safety, security and needs of this country.
And we’re suppose to be surprised or shocked?
He don’t care. He has not a clue of what it means to be an American...but run a crooked election campaign? Boy Howdy, he da man!


51 posted on 10/21/2011 9:59:43 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly (Tagline typed on a closed keyboard. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: SueRae; rhombus

No matter the time of day, I*I*I = a SHOT. Not even 10AM here and I’m toasted! %)


52 posted on 10/21/2011 9:59:55 AM PDT by ninergold3 (Let Go and Let God - He IS In Control)
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To: Major Matt Mason

At least they will be able to vote in 2012 at home in the USA. We won’t have to worry about the dems not counting their votes.


53 posted on 10/21/2011 10:00:32 AM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

[TINFOIL ALERT]

Hmm, maybe he will need as many troops back here as possible for 2012 so when Martial Law is declared he can keep things in check.

[TINFOIL ALERT]

Either that or he is doing this to appease his liberal base which has been constantly erodeing in the last 2 years.


54 posted on 10/21/2011 10:00:41 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Psalm 144

The UN, Euro’s and Obama fully support the creation of a Caliphate across the Muslim world. They think it will be easier to deal with than many different governments. heh.

Why do you think the UN and France went to war to install a Muzzie leader in Ivory Coast?? It got very little attention at the time.


55 posted on 10/21/2011 10:00:56 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Tallguy

Iran’s leaders are just drooling at this, there is going to be one big-assed party in Tehran tonight.


56 posted on 10/21/2011 10:01:04 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: kabar

Anyone notice Scott Pelley (CBS turd) getting his little dig at Bush at the beginning saying the troops went into Iraq at the beginning under the false assumption that there were weapons of mass destruction?

Bill Clinton , while he was President, also stated that Iraq had WMDs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0f5u_0ytUs

Sorry, Pelley, but Bush wasn’t the only one who was wrong.


57 posted on 10/21/2011 10:01:50 AM PDT by WoodlandsTXFreeper2
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To: tlb

It won’t be Blackwater. And I would prefer by far US military protection—cheaper and better. There will be some thorny questions as to what kind of immunity will be extended to these security forces. And you can bet that Iran will be working with Iraqi dissidents to perform acts of terrorism against our personnel and facililties. As a former diplomat, I would not want to be assigned to our Embassy under these conditions. It is going to be a nightmare.


58 posted on 10/21/2011 10:03:13 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Castigar
"Regardless of how you feel about this, it is PURELY a political campaign move."

And, as with everything this administration does, it is an extremely stupid move. If it works, it will have been largely forgotten come election time, but if the Iraq goes sour, it will be a millstone round Obozo's neck during the campaign.

59 posted on 10/21/2011 10:03:19 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Disambiguator

He’ll say that the money saved by bringing the troops home can “be used for job creation, keeping cops and teachers on the job, and for badly needed investments here at home”.

(that argument basically got Bob Casey elected to the Senate in ‘06)


60 posted on 10/21/2011 10:03:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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