Jarhead
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Surely you jest!I think they're very good that he will.
He ran on an anti-surge platform to get the anti-war votes.
But he also said that he would ratchet down the number of troops, too.
So Bush II did the heavy lifting (surged troop levels) and that, in part, cost him relection.
Then Obama comes in and the surge (which I opposed, too incidently) seems to have had enough positive effect that Obama could start down the road of moving troops out of Iraq.
But since so many of his supporters remember that he came out against the surge, I suspect he's got to admit that he opposed it in the run up to election.
Now, how many US troops are going to remain in Iraq?
50,000 isn't it?
Not exactly a complete withdrawl, but we're expected to think that the troops there won't be on any combat missions.
No, they won't be on combats missions. They're "advisors"
But they'll be targeted, so I expect that they'll still get killed.
No offense, but I think the primary reason Buish lost a re-election was the Presidential term limits to two terms.
But I may be wrong
Surely I jest at what? The "I may be wrong" comment? That was in jest, yes.