> OK, I stand corrected. I'll rephrase that. Obama > changed his position to the Bush approach four > months BEFORE the election, when he wanted to > distance himself from the quick withdrawal and > move toward the center.
I don't see where there is this big change of position. The Act that you referenced specified a timetable that was consistent with the best recommendation available at the time (from the bipartisan Iraq Study Group) and took into account Bush's statement in January, 2007, that Iraq would be responsible for all internal security by November, 2007. It was somewhat shorter than the current timetable, but it's now two years later. Things change. Obama has been saying basically the same thing for years, which is that we should begin a phased and orderly withdrawal, support Iraqi efforts, maintain any necessary deployments in Iraq, but concentrate on Afghanistan. So what's the big change in position? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
