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| Obama Adviser Calls for 60-80,000 U.S. Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010 |
| 2008-04-04 |
| A key adviser to Senator Obama's campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010, a plan at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator to withdraw combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. The paper, obtained by The New York Sun, was written by Colin Kahl for the center-left Center for a New American Security. In "Stay on Success: A Policy of Conditional Engagement," Mr. Kahl writes that through negotiations with the Iraqi government "the U.S. should aim to transition to a sustainable over-watch posture (of perhaps 60,000–80,000 forces) by the end of 2010 (although the specific timelines should be the byproduct of negotiations and conditions on the ground)." Mr. Kahl is the day-to-day coordinator of the Obama campaign's working group on Iraq. A shorter and less detailed version of this paper appeared on the center's Web site as a policy brief. . . . Wait'll the moonbats catch wind of this. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 You know those are not mutually exclusive? I know. Especially with a dhimocrat. I was hoping to give him the benefit of the doubt. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-04 19:22 |
| #7 "60,000-80,000" > No surprise here. the USA CAN GO EVEN LOWER THAN THAT DEPENDING HOW OSAMA + AQ REACT, vv any "American Hiroshima" options, + HOW RUSSIA-CHINA WILL REACT TO OSAMA'S REDIRECTION OF JIHAD AGZ THEM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-04 18:40 |
| #6 Another PDeniable indicia that the US-Coalition is actually winning or prevailing in Iraq + Afghanistan. AQ + Radical Islam is losing too many men + materiel, etc. to wage a sustained campaign thru 2010 and beyond. I BELIEVE OSAMA + ZWI, etc. ARE WELL-AWARE OF THIS, ERGO THEIR RECENT COVERT REDIRECTION/ESCALATION OF JIHAD TOWARDS RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, + EVEN CHINA, ALBEIT THEY'LL STILL MAINTAIN "HOLDING/ CONTAINMENT" EFFORTS AGZ IRAQ-ME, ISRAEL, AFRICA, etc. They need Nukes-WMDS, Warfighters-JIhadies, + other new resources ASAP, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY BE IT VIA "BLACK MARKETS" [old] OR AGZ ANY UNSECURE CONTEMPOR COLD WAR MIL ARSENALS-CACHES, XPERTS, ETC, even iff it means helping, protecting, and empowering NUCLEARIZING SHIA IRAN [Revival of Persian-Ottoman Empire]. Lastly, iff there is a de facto ISLAMIST "HIDDEN IMAM/MAHDI", THIS IS THE TIME FOR HIM TO MANIFEST AND SHOW HIMSELF, AND LEAD WORLD ISLAMISM/ISLAM. i.e. to demonstrate his ability to lead struggling or failing Islamism = Islamist Jihad agz overwhelming enemy odds, Regionally and Globally unto Victory of Faith-God-Prophet, correct!? THE HIDDEN IMAM/MAHDI MUST ALSO MODERNIZE + REJUVENATE ISLAM, NOT MERELY VALIDATE THE "STAUS QUO" WHICH INDUCED 9-11 TO BEGIN WITH. IMAM/MAHDI > LEADERSHIP, etc. CAN ACHIEVE WHAT MILPOL-NUCLEAR FIREPOWER MAY NOT. Although the US = US-Coalition is presently successful or winning agz Radical Islamism-Terror, AT THIS TIME [2008-2010/2012 maxima]IT REMAINS VERY CAPABLE OF BEING STRATEGICALLY AND TACTICALLY DEFEATED IN IRAQ-ME UNDER RIGHT LEADERSHIP, STRATEGERY, + CONDITIONS. After 2010 or 2012, it will be all but mil impossible for Radicla Islam to get the US-West out of the ME, or likely even anywhere in the Muslim World. REGIONAL-GLOBAL JIHAD > devolve in LT into LOCAL-AREA = SECTARIAN JIHAD, AND NOT MORE THAN THAT, AT BEST A LOCAL, MINOR "POLICE ACTION". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-04 18:36 |
| #5 Think he's figured out that we can't pull out yet? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-04 17:21 |
| #4 Obama is either lying to his moonbat base, or is a complete moron. You know those are not mutually exclusive? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-04 16:29 |
| #3 The Brookings Institute had a similar recommendation, albeit through 2012 and with higher troop numbers dependent upon the situation. Interesting twist, in that Center for a New American Security board consists of Clinton-era hacks. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-04-04 14:41 |
| #2 Looks like somebody's chickens may be coming home to roost. Goddam BaracKKK Obama! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-04 14:33 |
| #1 Obama is either lying to his moonbat base, or is a complete moron. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-04 14:20 |