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qando.net - 1/14/2009
About that immediate withdrawal from Iraq
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N o immediate closure of Gitmo and now this? The leftoids must be about to explode : Since the November election, however, the U.S. and Iraq have signed a new security agreement that provides for all the more than 140,000 U.S. troops to leave by 2012, despite concerns among senior U.S. ...
Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
— thinkprogress.org — In an interview airing tonight on PBS’s Newshour, host Jim Lehrer asks Vice President Cheney about the... U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq. Cheney shows little remorse : Q: But Mr. Vice President, getting from there to ... (more) Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans ...

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breitbart.com - 1/13/2009
Iraq official: Biden affirms 'responsible' pullout
— breitbart.com — BAGHDAD (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden told Iraqi leaders Tuesday that the incoming U.S. administration is... committed to a responsible troop withdrawal that does not endanger improvements in security, an Iraqi spokesman said. Biden delivered ... (more) Iraq official: Biden affirms 'responsible' pullout

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The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
worldaffairsjournal.org - 1/14/2009
The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
— worldaffairsjournal.org — Wrong, terribly wrong T he wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the political debates concerning the nature... and scope of U.S. involvement in those countries, have resurrected the “lessons” of Vietnam once again. Far from having kicked the “Vietnam ... (more) The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy

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Hot Air » Top Picks:  But did Biden offer to cut up Iraq?

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But did Biden offer to cut up Iraq?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... retreat from fixed-timetable withdrawals, although that’s less of an issue now that Iraq has mostly gotten control of its own territory.  They’ll still need plenty of air and naval assistance for at least a decade, and the SOFA has enough flexibility for Obama and Maliki to adjust American military levels to suit the situation.  The Left will have a fit, but Biden’s signaling that Obama intends to make use of that flexibility, and that’s a good thing for both Iraq and the US.  (via Q&O )

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