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Monday, June 16, 2008

Bush Announce Withdrawal Of 30,000 Troops From Iraq

News that apparently wasn’t newsworthy here in America as we have to go all the way to Iraqi news organization Aswat al-Iraq to get the story:

U.S. President George Bush on Monday announced the withdrawal of 30,000 troops by July, highlighting that any further withdrawal of the troops will depend on the security conditions in the country.

This came during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.

The U.S. president linked any further withdrawal of U.S. forces with the improvement of Iraqi forces’ capabilities and their abilities to bear more responsibilities, as well as the economic improvement and more progress regarding political reconciliation.

“This strategy aims at handing Iraqis more responsibilities,” Bush said.
For his part, Brown denied any impact of the political argument on his government’s stance.

“There is a work to do in Iraq and we will continue our work,” Brown added, stressing that he would not outline any time table for British forces withdrawal.

This is inconvenient for Democrats to be sure.  Especially Barack Obama.  Why?  Because it’s hard to take a “let’s bring the troops home from this failed war” when the troops are already coming home without first having to abdicate their mission.

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Rob, that is because the left leaning/cheering media doesn’t want to give Bush any credit. It also steals thunder from the lefts mantra that Iraq is a failure.


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goon on June 16, 2008 at 04:24 pm

This should be all over the news. Especially because the MSM has been harping about the troops coming home since day one! Do they not care how typically partisan they look?

Zsa Zsa on June 16, 2008 at 05:15 pm

It won’t be because it will discredit the dems and BHO, if you watch MSLSD you will see that they are in bed with the BHO campagain and they have given nothing in the way of favorable coverage to the GOP or to McCain. It is disgusting to see the coverage the MSM is giving the American people.

Heck Obama should be up by 20% percentages points based on the coverage he is getting.


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goon on June 16, 2008 at 05:48 pm

I wonder if Fox News has this story?  Maybe I will read it in tomorrow’s newspaper.


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Chief RZ on June 16, 2008 at 06:19 pm

God bless and thank our troops for succeeding when the Dems in Congress and the press were ready to surrender.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on June 16, 2008 at 06:20 pm

Bush and Brown also announced that they are seizing Iranian assets in Europe because of Iran’s nuclear weapons program that their own intelligence communities have told them does not exist. It’s another one of those WMD things.

We’ll be claiming innocence and victim status when they are finally made angry enough to blow up one of our carriers we have sailing around their shores. Keep your eye on those roosters. They’ll be home soon.

They need someone to fight there when we attack.

ews48 on June 16, 2008 at 10:18 pm
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God Bless the United States Armed Services, the best in the world.

Kansasgirl on June 17, 2008 at 02:08 am
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This kind of news is bad news to the MSM, CNN, NPR and the left which includes most of the Dem party. Just what the DEm’s feared most--the Iraq situation would stabilize and the Iraqi troops would become a real force.  How the Left hates victory when it is the U.S. that is prevailing!  I did not see this mentioned in the Tribune via A.P.

Halatbis on June 17, 2008 at 05:32 am

The small fact that Iran has told the world they are enriching uranium for weapons does not penetrate your tiny brain, does it ews?

We have been on track to draw down numbers of combat troops in Iraq. More to the point, Iraqi troops and soldiers are, in fact, stepping up to the task of driving terrorists into the ground. Another story the press is ignoring.


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2Hotel9 on June 17, 2008 at 05:33 am

I periodically wander through a few Arab news sources.  If you want news about how the US is winning against AQ or just get good news early, you have to go to Al Jazeera or or Iraq has their own sites.  Generally, Sunni and anti-American but less so than most of ‘our’ sources. 

...because of Iran’s nuclear weapons program that their own intelligence communities have told them does not exist.

LOL That story popped out and you just went ‘la la la’ with your hands over your ears for the others?

FlyOnTheWall on June 17, 2008 at 05:55 am

Nothing in this morning’s State.  McCatchy.


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Chief RZ on June 17, 2008 at 07:34 am

None of us should be shocked that it isn’t news, the MSM MSLSD, CNN is too busy cheer leading for the Obama ticket.


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goon on June 17, 2008 at 10:13 am
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