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Scriptor Ignotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-19-06 01:18 PM
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Why Don't We Call Them On It?
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I see many Democrats criticize the President's strategy, or lack of strategy, in Iraq. Whether it is Kerry or Murtha or Pelosi , they all attack Bush for "staying the course". What are they thinking? Don't they realize that we went to Iraq to set up permanent military bases? Don't they know we went to ensure cheap gas for American businesses as much as we went to secure a Democratic Iraq for Iraqis? We're not leaving until at least 2008, and only then if a politically advantageous opportunity presents itself.

Pressing Bush to withdraw or redeploy in Iraq seems like a poor strategy because we know he and Rumsfeld will NEVER DO IT. We should call this Administration out and make them prove to us, and more importantly the Arabic world, that our intentions in Iraq are temporary and just. I don't believe that the lack of an exit strategy in Iraq was a coincidence or a result of poor planning. It was intentional.

Evidence for the above can be found below:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-04-19-us-embassy_x.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/12/wirq12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/12/ixnews.html

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