thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:27:02 -0500, BAR wrote:


http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45640
You don't get to be a 4 star general officer without knowing a little
bit about politics and making friends on Capital Hill and the various
states with large military bases and defense contractors.

And you don't get to stay a 4 Star by undermining your CIC. ;-)

Personally, I don't understand the resistance to Obama's 16 month
withdrawal. The Status of Forces agreement has us out of the cities by
June, and out of Iraq in 36 months. Al-Maliki states an earlier
withdrawal if OK by him. The Sunnis seemed concerned by our leaving, but
there seems to be an effort to address their issues. I mean, Iraq is
looking relatively stable, though fragile, and we can use the manpower in
Afghanistan, where things look to be going downhill.

If we leave before the Iraqi forces are fully capable of defending the
entire country it will be extremely difficult for us to get back in.
But, it will be easy for Iran to come across the border and "assist" the
brothers in the south in order to protect them from being oppressed by
those in the north.

What's the rush to get out of Iraq?