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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.
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.

Gitmo Inmates Still Tortured

A story about how torture persists for 250+ detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

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Israel's Netanyahu fails to lure rivals to cabinet

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Harrison Bergeron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A wikipedia article on a very intriguing short story for those like me who enjoy social commentary and futurism in their fiction. Kurt Vonnegut wrote this and it was turned into a critically acclaimed motion picture (slightly altered) for TV. It's about an exceptionally gifted title character who surmounts the handicaps imposed by the state to enforce conformity - mind control drugs, lobotomies, etc.

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