Would Bush accept 3/2/2009 as the first date to start pulling troops out of Iraq?

[zbdent]

I doubt it ... "setting a date will make the terrorists just wait until we leave." Of course, if we leave, "the terrorists will follow us home."

But will Bush find 3/2/2009 a date acceptable to start bringing the troops home and start pulling out of Iraq?

Why 3/2/2009?

Well, between 9/1/1939, when Hitler's German army invaded Poland (starting WWII), and 8/14/1945, the surrender of Japan, effectively ending WWII, there are 2174 days.

2174 days after 3/20/2003 (the start of the "never-ending occupation" of Iraq) is 3/2/2009. At this point, this invasion will have lasted longer than World War II's accepted days between the start and the end. And who specifically, would be the person to sign the official surrender agreement for the terrorists?

It has now been longer, 2/15/2007 being the 2174th day since 9/11/2001 than the entire World War II.

[kenny blankenship]

1. I think the interval he wants our Iraqi occupation to be compared to

is probably more like that of the British Empire in India, measured in decades and generations not days or months.

[liberal N proud]

2. All this talk about pulling out just emboldens the enemy

:sarcasm:

[shain from kane]

3. He won't be president on 03/02/2009. Another reason to celebrate.

[hippiechick]

4. Exactly - who cares what date he offers ??

1/20/09 = a whole new ballgame.

[zbdent]

5. True, but ...

Bush refuses to set a date for any kind of troop pullout ... period. Always claims that the terrorists will bide their time, and chaos will ensue when we leave.

But I think it would be a good tactic to point out that this date would make the war longer than WWII - when Hitler was dead, Mussolini had been meathooked, and Japan had surrendered ...

An earlier statement I had was that we should ask the "We cannot put a timetable on getting out or it will be seen as retreat" Republicrites if they would be willing to say that we could pull the troops out by 2100? 2050? 2030? 2020? etc ... See if they would be unwilling to even settle on that far-flung of a date.

Similar to the Dem who proposed that the first $100MILLION of the inheritance be non-taxable, so that the "family farm" would be safe ... and the Republicrites were unwilling to put even that ludicrous limitation on the "death tax" ... total abolishment was their only goal ...

[shain from kane]

6. If you don't want it to last longer than WWII, then I would suggest that you invite the Russians

into the conflict. The Russians and some eggheads in New Mexico ended WWII.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Who would man the permanent bases they've built, and oversee all that oil?