Do you agree with Prez. Obama's 19 month time-line ending the Iraq 'combat mission'...

[bridgit]

by August 31, 2010? http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/obama-announces-his-timeline-iraq-tr

[ZombieHorde]

1. What happened to 16 months? nt

[getthefacts]

2. To be honest,

It was during Bush's term that an agreement was signed to remove troops out completely by 2011. President Obama is just adding his personal touch to executing the agreement.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Obama has done nothing to make me think he'd benefit from the extension of 3 months.

16 months was the stated goal, but now that he is in the Oval Office, I trust that there is a reason that he added 3 additional months. Unlike his immoral predecessor, I don't think he is benefiting financially by keeping the troops there longer. So, there must be a good reason. I'm not happy about the whole damn invasion, so no, I'm not thrilled that it has to be 19 months, but I trust that there is a good reason and that this reason is well thought out and rational.

[bridgit]

6. Agreed, which is why I used 'the mission' cause it's no one's here so far as I know

Stead of 'ours' :thumbsdown:

[Kerrytravelers]

10. I think you misread the tone of my post.

I wasn't questioning why you wrote the OP. I was stating the reason for my vote. I was a bit surprised at the :thumbsdown: , unless I am the one who misread your response post.

[bridgit]

11. Nope, think it was misread, the:

:thumbsdown: was for the adventurous war profiteering 'riding to the sound of the guns' invasion itself, you however :thumbsup:

[Kerrytravelers]

12. The misreading was all mine!

Glad I asked and cleared that up! :hi:

[bridgit]

14. Weather getting nice up here lately, hope yours the same...

And your days going well as well :hi:

[norepubsin08]

4. I voted other

get them out sooner!

[BuyingThyme]

5. It's actually 34 months.

[geek tragedy]

7. Be as careful about getting out as we were careless getting in.

If he concludes that it'll take the extra three months--after consultations with those on the ground--then three months is not a great big difference.

[bridgit]

8. Makes sense, bush thought he'd plant roots so deep we'd never be able to hack them out...

After this I'm all for keeping our people as safe as possible

[Upton]

9. They should have been out like yesterday

and sending more troops into Afghanistan is just making that Obama's war....what a disappointment.

[4lbs]

13. Well, seeing as how quite a few of the military families interviewed after the speech agreed

with the withdrawal plan, I'll say YES.

If the military families, who have a direct vested interest in all this, much more than us keyboard commandos on DU, agree with President Obama, who am I not to do so as well?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29438207/

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=9921943&nav=0RdEL4Yn

[bridgit]

15. One woman was sitting at obama's cam-left, she was stern while listening to every word...

and why not, as Obama spoke on you could see her flick a look off stage here & there; but when the gravity of what he was saying sunk in I could see a moment like when a light bulb snapped on almost like, "This CiC is going to make some changes"