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Saturday, September 06, 2008

Redeployment Of US Troops In Iraq Begins

Not that the media is going to make much of a big deal about it.  The war is only news when we’re losing, not when we’re coming home in victory.

Under the Pentagon recommendations, one combat brigade - numbering between 3,500 to 4,000 troops - will leave Iraq after the first of the year and will not be replaced. In addition, at least one Marine battalion will leave and not be replaced, as well as a few thousand support forces, defense officials said.

This represents approximately 8,000 troops coming home and with them a similar number of support personnel.  Meaning roughly 16,000 (give or take) out of Iraq.

That’s in addition to surge troops who were withdrawn from Iraq a while ago and never replaced with new personnel.

This is happening per the recommendation of General David Petraeus.

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, delivered his recommendations to military leaders about two weeks ago. He had initially argued to maintain the current force levels in Iraq - about 146,000 troops, including 15 combat brigades and thousands of support forces - through June, according to defense officials.

What will the reaction be from Democrats (including Barack Obama) who declared Iraq a lost war over a year ago?

I imagine they’ll be studiously ignoring the issue.  And their allies in the media will no doubt let them do it.

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one combat brigade… will leave Iraq after the first of the year

Should (God forbid) Obama be elected, I’m sure he will try to take credit for it when it happens!



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Proof on September 6, 2008 at 10:06 am

What will the reaction be from Democrats (including Barack Obama) who declared Iraq a lost war over a year ago?

That is a lie!!  Obama never said the war in Iraq is lost!


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Hannitized on September 6, 2008 at 11:00 am

What will the reaction be from Democrats (including Barack Obama) who declared Iraq a lost war over a year ago?

That is a lie!!  Obama never said the war in Iraq is lost!


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Hannitized on September 6, 2008 at 11:00 am

What will the reaction be from Democrats (including Barack Obama) who declared Iraq a lost war over a year ago?

That is a lie!!  Obama never said the war in Iraq is lost!


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Hannitized on September 6, 2008 at 11:00 am

That is a lie!!  Obama never said the war in Iraq is lost!


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Hannitized on September 6, 2008 at 11:01 am

The triple and quadruple posts are on purpose because:

That is a lie!!  Obama never said the war in Iraq is lost!


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Hannitized on September 6, 2008 at 11:01 am

H,

Wasn’t really worthwhile the first time!  Stop wasting your host’s bandwidth.


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Bat One on September 6, 2008 at 11:04 am

So you are saying it wasn’t a lie Bat???

Of course you are not because you know it is.


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Hannitized on September 6, 2008 at 11:10 am

Hanny is kinda right here.
So is Rob
“What will the reaction be from Democrats (including Barack Obama) who declared Iraq a lost war over a year ago?”
.
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Harry Reid stated “Someone tell Bush the Iraq war is lost”


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RebTex on September 6, 2008 at 11:18 am
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Hannitized, if Obama didn’t think we’d lost the war then why was he calling for the immediate redeployment of troops?


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Rob on September 6, 2008 at 11:37 am

So you are saying it wasn’t a lie Bat???

H,

Your fondness for self-righteous partisan quibbling is once again interfering with your comprehension.  Read Rob’s comment again.  It does not say that Obama has specifically stated the war in Iraq is lost.  It is true, however, that a number of other prominent Democrats have said as much, and I can find no instance when young Mr. Obama has corrected any such statement from any Democrat.


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Bat One on September 6, 2008 at 11:40 am

That’s cool. He gets to announce it now, but we won’t get to see the stability of Iraq post-withdrawal until the election is over.


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Sparkie Arbuckle on September 6, 2008 at 11:44 am

Obama wanted to lose the war by cutting and running.  Fact.


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robert108 on September 6, 2008 at 11:49 am

We won’t know what post-withdrawal Iraq will be like even though we get to bray about it now. Fact.


Yun Chu said, “You must strictly not express in words what is very significant. Both dragon and snake are killed in one blow.”

Sparkie Arbuckle on September 6, 2008 at 11:51 am

We won’t know what post-withdrawal Iraq will be like even though we get to bray about it now. Fact.

We know it won’t be like Saddam’s Iraq; I’m OK with leaving all the braying to you, Sparkie.


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robert108 on September 6, 2008 at 11:53 am
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The triple and quadruple posts are on purpose because:

...when you’re a lightweight, you keep repeating yourself hoping someone will find what you say relevant, rather than merely repetitive.

Either that or you’re four and think that the more you say it, the “truer” it will get! Heh.



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Proof on September 6, 2008 at 11:55 am
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Obama wanted to lose the war by cutting and running.  Fact.

Prove it or shut up.

Jack on September 6, 2008 at 11:57 am
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"Hannitized” seems typical of the Left.
Say it enough times, people will believe it.

Of course, the truth is, as we “all” know.. If Obama hadn’t said again and again how he would “end” the war, the Troops would still be there. Right?
Bush, and his secret handlers are in a Devious Dash to get out of Iraq, rob Obama of his Big issue, and hide all their ill gotten gains before he leaves Washington.

Jerry on September 6, 2008 at 12:10 pm

Jerry:  Sorta like arfuckle who links to himself as proof of his claims.  Hahahaha!


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pparets on September 6, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Jack needs proof Obama wanted to end the war?  This kid can’t be for real.


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HG on September 6, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Hey Jack, Obama didn’t support the surge either.  He didn’t believe it would work.


“Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie and Freddie. I defended their efforts to encourage affordable homeownership when in retrospect I should have heeded the concerns raised by their regulator in 2004. Frankly, I wish my Democratic colleagues would admit when it comes to Fannie and Freddie, we were wrong. By the way, I wish my Republican colleagues would admit that they missed the early warning signs, that Wall Street deregulation was overheating the securities market and promoting dangerously lax lending practices. When it comes to the debacle in our capital markets, there is much blame to go around for both sides.”
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HG on September 6, 2008 at 12:22 pm

Rob,

Hannitized, if Obama didn’t think we’d lost the war then why was he calling for the immediate redeployment of troops?

So the Iraqis would step up and resolve their political issues between themselves and get their police and military in place to fight and resolve their own problems.

http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/070103_Sen.Barack_Obama_Podcast_Against_an_Escalation_in_Iraq_44.mp3

Listen for yourself.


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