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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
You are sadly sadly mistaken if you think Hillary or Obama will pull the troops out of Iraq, nevermind the 500 other bases around the world.
If they say they will, they should have no problem saying they will pull the troops out by the end of their first year or they and their vice president will resign. Other than that its just a bullshit lie to get your vote.
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At this point it would be crazy to pull all of our troops out of Iraq. We need to get most of our guys out, but not overnight by any means. It would be irresponsible to pull out all of our troops at once. Iraq will collapse. I think it is silly for either party to promise full troop removal, but I do understand that stating the idea that we will eventually leave is designed to force an Iraqi goverment to (hopefully) get their shit together, rather than expect us to police their country forever... even though we are responsible for the state they are currently in.
I am actually an Independent, but I will not be wasting my vote this year. This year it is either change, or more of the same. More of the same is unacceptable, so I have to vote Democratic.
The idea that we need to vote in McCain because Iraq is in such deep shit is just rewarding this administration for putting us in this position to begin with, but I do agree, that removing all troops from Iraq in one fell swoop would be rediculous. I don't believe Obama or Hillary could or would actually do that, and I agree that that promise should be played down a bit, while maintaining that we will NOT be there much longer.