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On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:31:25 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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It is on You Tube. I bet it was linked here before. Something like Feb
2008.

Come on. He never said he was going to end either war on the first day
as
President. That's completely loony.

He said he would start the withdrawal from Iraq on Jan 20.
It is 16 months later and the total commitment in the two wars is
higher than it was in 1q09.

Which he did. The number in Iraq is much lower. He never said he would end
the Afg. war in 18 months. In fact, he said he would escalate and fix the
situation.

He moved them to Afghanistan, Is anything "fixed"?

Well, where was he supposed to get them? You claimed that he wasn't
following through on his promise to end our involvement in Iraq. He's doing
that. He and the generals agree that more troops are needed in Afg. He's
both listening to the generals and keeping in mind the bigger picture of our
regional involvement. Now if we could just get the Palestinians and Israelis
to stop killing each other.