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Old 07-21-2008, 02:39 PM
 
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I bet the time line correlates with sanction deadlines Iran...Interesting. One day 16 months is cool the next is 24....is it political or what...Well i guess it's all political.
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Old 07-21-2008, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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BAGHDAD, July 21 ---Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama received a red-carpet welcome from Iraq's government Monday, and shortly afterward a government spokesman declared that it would like U.S. combat forces to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2010 -- about eight months later than Obama's proposal.

This is a 3:52PM post from the Washington Post. Go to their site for the full article.

They are playing major games with us.
Today 03:07 PM
Iraqi officials hopes for US troop pullout by 2010 - Yahoo! News (broken link)

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is hopeful
Yahoo!

We've been hopeful for some time now. There can be no denying that the surge has gotten us to the point where we CAN get the troops home. No matter how you spin it, Obama was on the wrong side.

Listen to PM Spokesman.
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Old 07-21-2008, 08:45 PM
 
Location: Cosmic Consciousness
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that's exactly what really gets me po'ed, if we had concentrated on afghanistan and finished the job in the first place instead of diverting forces to iraq which presented no imminent threat then more than likely the afghanistan situation wouldn't be deteriorating as it currently is.

And no! "going to afghanistan" instead of coming home is not worthy!
Hear! Hear!
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