I can't help but wonder why Obama can't be taken at his word. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Chris Dunford <ch...@covesoftware.com>wrote: > > 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/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
