Obama Hears Tearful Plea to End Iraq War

[never cry wolf]

"So I make a solemn pledge to you, as president we will be out of Iraq," Obama said to loud applause.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-obama-iraq,1,3641626.story?coll=chi-news-hed

The crowd's applause as she finished gave Obama time to compose an answer.

"I can only imagine how you feel, as a father and as a parent," he said. "I don't go to a single town-hall meeting where I don't meet a mother or father who either is seeing a loved one go over there or has already lost someone, or has a loved one who has come back injured.

"So I make a solemn pledge to you, as president we will be out of Iraq," Obama said to loud applause.

[Colobo]

1. The war is the main issue

I'm confident any of our candidates will bring the troops back home.

[never cry wolf]

2. I would hope so

And Obama no less than others, despite the DU disinformation...

[illinoisprogressive]

3. There was a lady that came up to him a couple weeks ago. It was so sad

She came up to him in tears about her son in Iraq. Obama hugged her twice and told her he would end this thing. It was so sad. Obama says this happens to him at every stop.

[patrice]

4. I need to hear the words "All troops Home", "No redeployment"

"No residual forces, nor permanent bases".

Yes, I know most of our candidates have said somekind of force is going to be there for quite a while after we "leave", but the one candidate with the most experience in foreign relations, Bill Richardson, is saying "No residual forces, no permanent bases", so it must be more possible than we've been told.

[jsamuel]

5. Edwards says no troops besides the obvious ones to protect the embasy and foreign aid workers.

Then others stationed through the region (meaning where they would be anyway, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, etc...).

[patrice]

6. I hope those won't be targets. But I'm glad to hear he wants a clean break. nm