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05 Mar 09
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How then do we reconcile the chasm between the following statements offered to a contingent of marines at Camp Lejeune?
1. "Let me say this as plainly as I can: By August 31st, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end."
2. “I intend to remove all US troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.”
Let me be plain. If George W. Bush instead of Barack Obama offered these statements, they would be greeted with the cynicism they deserve. It is difficult to take the certainty of the first statement seriously when it already represents the compromise of a campaign pledge. The slippage is disturbing enough when you consider the additional lives it will undoubtedly cost but it only becomes more egregious when you realize that his plan calls for 30-50 thousand troops to remain as a residual force.
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How then do we reconcile the chasm between the following statements offered to a contingent of marines at Camp Lejeune?
1. "Let me say this as plainly as I can: By August 31st, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end."
2. “I intend to remove all US troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.”
Let me be plain. If George W. Bush instead of Barack Obama offered these statements, they would be greeted with the cynicism they deserve. It is difficult to take the certainty of the first statement seriously when it already represents the compromise of a campaign pledge. The slippage is disturbing enough when you consider the additional lives it will undoubtedly cost but it only becomes more egregious when you realize that his plan calls for 30-50 thousand troops to remain as a residual force.
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