Upon further review, I agree with you Totino, I misread your post. Maybe your questioning my integrity caused me to read a little too quickly. But I'm glad you think of me as a buddy again.
The Republicans are now blocking every attempt by Democrats to begin winding down this war. It will kill Republicans politically in 2008, as well it should. After all, our troops are not being killed politically, but rather in earnest.
Obama was right in November, 2002. He's right now.
All the Democratic presidential candidates are proposing ways to begin getting out of Iraq. None of the Republican candidates are, to my knowledge. From Senator Clinton's web page:
Ending the War in IraqIn addition to capping troop levels, Hillary's Iraq Troop Protection and Reduction Act of 2007 would:
Require President Bush to begin removing the troops from Iraq within 90 days of passage, or Congress will revoke authorization for the war.
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/iraq/Senator Obama's web page:
Plan to End the Iraq WarBefore the war in Iraq ever started, Senator Obama said that it was wrong in its conception. In 2002, then Illinois State Senator Obama said Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat to the United States and that invasion would lead to an occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. Since then, Senator Obama has laid out a plan on the way forward in Iraq that has largely been affirmed by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/I checked Govenor Romney's web site. It doesn't even mention Iraq. The closest I could find was this:
Defeating the JihadistsThe defeat of this radical and violent faction of Islam must be achieved through a combination of American resolve, international effort, and the rejection of violence by moderate, modern, mainstream Muslims. An effective strategy will involve both military and diplomatic actions to support modern Muslim nations. America must help lead a broad-based international coalition that promotes secular education, modern financial and economic policies, international trade, and human rights.
http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Defeating_the_jihadistsHere's Mayor Giuliani's:
IraqLike all Americans, Rudy Giuliani prays for the success of our troops in Iraq and their safe return home. But he believes setting an artificial timetable for withdrawal from Iraq now would be a terrible mistake, because it would only embolden our enemies. Iraq is only one front in the larger war on terror, and failure there would lead to a broader and bloodier regional conflict in the near future. Building an accountable Iraq will assist in reducing the threat of terrorism.
http://www.joinrudy2008.com/issues/The Republican candidates don't even begin to get it. They are clueless. I trust American voters won't be.
