Biden: We will leave Iraq on time

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President Obama called Iraq his predecessor's war of choice. Now it is his war to exit -- and quickly.

The challenge for Obama, whose opposition to the Iraq invasion helped propel him to the presidency, is sticking to his timeline for a U.S. military withdrawal despite a jump in violence and continued wrangling among Iraqi politicians over who will lead the country.

The sensitive departure is being managed by Vice President Biden, who says the U.S. military will reduce troop levels to 50,000 this summer, even if no new Iraqi government takes shape.

"It's going to be painful; there's going to be ups and downs," Biden said in a 40-minute interview in his West Wing office this month. "But I do think the end result is going to be that we're going to be able to keep our commitment."

White House officials say Iraqis are increasingly relying on politics, rather than violence, to deal with disputes, diminishing the need for U.S. forces. But the situation on the ground demonstrates that Iraq remains fractured.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/26/AR2010052605349_pf.html

[Scuba]

1. Get out...

...then get out of the other quagmire (even USSR couldn't win there in their own backyard).


Then quit trying to be the sole policeman of the world, nation building, whatever you want to call our imperialism. Then cut the defense budget by 75% and WE CAN FIX AMERICA !!!!

[bigtree]

2. kick

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[Soylent Brice]

3. here's to hoping

:toast:

K&R

[zipplewrath]

4. Already late

He's referring to the "new revised" schedule. And there is the issue of the REMAINING 50K, that may be there until the end of 2011.

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

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