It’s time to leave Iraq, and the President said so
Posted on July 21st, 2008 at 7:44 pm by Patrick KeeganMay 24, 2007, President George W. Bush said the following, when asked what the U.S. would do if the Iraqi government were to ask for American troops to be withdrawn:
We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice. If they were to say, leave, we would leave.
Mister President, please refer to the comments of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has endorsed the proposed plan of Barack Obama to withdraw American troops within two years.
As Ben Franklin once said “guests, like fish, begin to stink after three days.”
My guess is, it’s pretty ripe by now. It’s a shame John McCain can’t seem to smell it.
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Actually.. he didn’t endorse the Obama plan. Thank you for playing, have a years supply of Rice-O-Roni, the San Francisco treat!
Asked in an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel of when he would like to see American forces leave Iraq, Maliki said: “As soon as possible, as far as we’re concerned.” He then added that “Obama is right when he talks about 16 months. Assuming that positive developments continue, this is about the same time period that corresponds to our wishes.”
Sounds a lot like an endorsement to me…
“Obama is right when he talks about 16 months…”
Actually Maliki was just pointing out which of the many proposals that Obama has given that he likes best.
and the next day clarified that was not endorsing the Obama plan. Yes they want us out but only when the situation on the ground warrants it.
You know, the same thing President Bush has said all along.
Obama has himself in a possible pinch here. He’s laid down his plan prior to going (which says get out fast). Now he’s in Iraq. Here’s what he’s facing when he returns:
1) He returns and says “I’ve changed my mind (again).” In which case he looks silly for putting his policy out first before going. And the change would mirror McCain, which would prove his point.
2) He sticks to his original plan and changes nothing, which disses the generals and leaders who know intimately the situation. The trip was a total waste of time, and he comes across as arrogant, condescending and self-serving for going through the motions but altering nothing.
3) Or he could put this issue into the same camp of “Bothways-Barack” as all the other issues and finagles a way to say 2 opposite things at the same time.
Keegan’s posts begin to stink after three words…
That is without a doubt the best response to a Patrick-post I’ve ever read.
Now that’s not very nice Lisa.
Then again, I believe you’re the one who told me “May you back into a pitchfork, and then grab a hot stove for support.” when I predicted that McCain would win the GOP nomination.
But it is damned funny.