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Originally Posted by gales0678

but scott , we were supposed to be out of Iraq from day 1 , then it was 16 months , now it is 19 months - i know obama inherited the problem , but , why run on a promise that you would pull troops immediatly - ok so he has already broken this promise (all pols do this we know , but , some don't believe barack breaks any)

they asked boxer the other night about the new extension from 16 mths to 19 mths , she was caught off guard by the question and her only response was . i 'll have to talk to the president about it but i am sure he has a good reason

Endangering the welfare of the troops just to fulfill some campaign promise would be a terrible thing. He wants to be out of Iraq as much as the people who voted for him do. But he also has a responsibility as commander in chief to do it in a way that doesn't further endanger our troops that are there and I'm glad to see he is going to do right by the troops instead of rushing out in 16 months when there is a better withdrawal plan for 19 months.

The day one thing is a bunch of BS. All he claimed was he'd begin working on a withdrawal plan from day one but that it would take 16 months.