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That is Obama's War
Posted on: January 23, 2017 at 11:43:03 CT
Spanky KU
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Bush had abandoned it by 2008. Obama ran on resurrecting it...
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/iraq.html
Senator Obama says America must shift its defense resources from Iraq to Afghanistan, which he sees as ground zero for any war on terrorism. He says he would remove one or two brigades a month from Iraq, and get all combat troops out within 16 months. “The only troops I will keep in Iraq will perform the limited missions of protecting our diplomats and carrying out targeted strikes on Al Qaeda,” he said last year. He also promised a diplomatic initiative with regional allies, and even foes — read Iran — to seek a more stable Iraq.
In Afghanistan, he has promised to ramp up the American military effort, particularly on the Pakistani border, and has said that if America received intelligence about suspected Qaeda operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he is prepared, as commander in chief, to act on it.
Edited by Spanky at 11:44:14 on 01/23/17
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/iraq.html
Senator Obama says America must shift its defense resources from Iraq to Afghanistan, which he sees as ground zero for any war on terrorism. He says he would remove one or two brigades a month from Iraq, and get all combat troops out within 16 months. “The only troops I will keep in Iraq will perform the limited missions of protecting our diplomats and carrying out targeted strikes on Al Qaeda,” he said last year. He also promised a diplomatic initiative with regional allies, and even foes — read Iran — to seek a more stable Iraq.
In Afghanistan, he has promised to ramp up the American military effort, particularly on the Pakistani border, and has said that if America received intelligence about suspected Qaeda operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he is prepared, as commander in chief, to act on it.
Edited by Spanky at 11:44:14 on 01/23/17
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That is Obama's War - Spanky KU - 1/23 11:43:03