Obama March 2, 2007: My plan allows for a imted number of troops to remain in Iraq

[agdlp]

That is why I advocate a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq to begin no later than May first with the goal of removing all combat forces from Iraq by March 2008.

In a civil war where no military solution exists, this redeployment remains our best leverage to pressure the Iraqi government to achieve the political settlement between its warring factions that can slow the bloodshed and promote stability.

My plan also allows for a limited number of U.S. troops to remain and prevent Iraq from becoming a haven for international terrorism and reduce the risk of all-out chaos.

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But what is a limited number ?
What kind of forces ?
What kind of situations should US forces engage ?
How long should they be there ?


http://usliberals.about.com/od/extraordinaryspeeches/a/ObamaIsrael_2.htm

[madrchsod]

1. hillary`s position is if not the same is very close.

there`s is no doubt that there will be troops in iraqi after one of them is elected. the amount and their mission will not be known until they get to the whitehouse and receive all the information at that time.

the devil is in the details and neither candidate has any idea what those details will be in january 2009.

we have a another 11 months of the insanity of the bush presidency and god only knows what is going to happen