The Iraq Exit Strategy

[DANG]

Run Away! Run Away! LOL.

But seriously:
Hardball story hosted by RAW STORY (http://rawstory.com/news/2007/NBC_gets_preview_of_Iraq_withdrawal_0802.html)

Top US general says he's received plan for complete Iraq withdrawal
David Edwards and Muriel Kane

Published: Thursday August 2, 2007

MSNBC's Hardball reported Wednesday that Defense Secretary Robert Gates was recently "in Kuwait, scoping out what will at some point be a critical staging ground for a US exit plan from Iraq."

According to correspondent Jim Miklaszewski, "Military officials in Kuwait suggest that they could easily handle the 160,000 troops in a matter of months. But that would be extremely risky, because a hasty retreat would increase the troops' vulnerability to attack. And then there's all that equipment – one million tons – that would have to be driven out of Iraq and shipped out of Kuwait by sea. ... It could take two years for a complete withdrawal."

"Tonight, a top US general here in Kuwait said, from a logistics standpoint, he's already got the plan, and he's ready to go," concluded Miklaszewski. "All he needs is the president's orders."

The unnamed general's willingness to discuss withdrawal plans is in contrast with the attitude of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, who recently made headlines when he cited fears of 'reinforc[ing] enemy propaganda' in rejecting Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton's request for a briefing on troop-withdrawal contingency plans. Vice President Dick Cheney supported his former aide, saying that contingency plans "should remain unseen by lawmakers" until ready to be executed.

The following video is from MSNBC's Hardball, broadcast on August 1. Video on link.

Edit to add link

[lily]

Works for me!

[DANG]

Yup, works for me too.
The pessimist in me says its only a teaser. That we wont ever leave until our soldiers heads line Bagdad Blvd on pikes... and the last Yankee contractor escapes from the roof of the Worlds Largest Megalo-Embassy by helicopter.

[Marley]

(snicker)

You realize that contingency plan is intergrated with a nuke missile attack right?

We don't want our troops in the way of nuke attack Einsteins, we plan to get them out of the way first!

Lap it up Pavlov!

[DANG]

You assume the Cheney Administration actually CARES about the troops.

Easy enough to recruit more troops with another false flag attack.

[Marley]

You need a tissue Pavlov.

[DANG]

Why would your presitard nuke Iraq?

I thought Iraq was a huge success?

[Marley]

Why would your presitard nuke Iraq?

Gee Pavlov, learn how to debate above a 3rd grade level and I'll consider educating you with a response.

I thought Iraq was a huge success?

You're right! Just ask Saddam, Uday and Qusay.

[DANG]

And yet Iraqis were safer before we got there.

Then, just to keep it interesting (?) we start arming the insurgents.

It doesnt matter who is dying over there...as long as the genocide is fueled.

[Marley]

So you don't want to talk about Saddam, Uday or Qusay's health anymore I see.

How does that work?

Are we supposed to be delusional and pretend the point never existed?

Or just dim-witted scatter-brain spinning out of control confused and overwhelmed?

I'm not comfortable or familiar with either, so you'll have to help me please.

But to my point.

If I was a comanding officer in the US military, I would have in my arsenal nuclear WMDs. But the option would be counterproductive to say the least if I couldn't pull back my own forces beyond the radius of the WMD's effect.

Not really a top shelf intellectual exercise there Pavlov, pretty basic, simple stuff.

[DANG]

Iraq was none of our business.

I agree with Mark Twain "The American eagle should never sink its talon into foreign countries."

[Marley]

Gee that's great, what the hell does it have to do with your topic?

Maybe you really do need a tissue...before you go blind.

[DANG]

How far do YOU go down the wrong road?

We should leave Iraq today.
Not tomorrow.

Did we need an occupier AFTER we declared Independence?
Neither do they.....
Oh wait a minute....
They havent signed over their oil reserves to American Corporations yet....

There will be no withdrawal until that benchmark is met. Jackoff.

(I will call you Jackoff henceforth, until you cease calling me names)

[Marley]

This is like a bad SNL skit. Every post, every thread, devolves into the exact same rant, over and over and over.

Really, get a tissue.

[Stoner]

This is like a bad SNL skit. Every post, every thread, devolves into the exact same rant, over and over and over.



It's the lib mantra. It's like how they think if they keep saying Bush is the worst president that somehow, magically, he will surpass Carter and become it.

The good news is by attacking other posters it takes their attention away from attacking our country and showing hate against it and our soldiers.

[ViolaLee]

Wow you sure are a insulter aren't you Jack? This board was running along pretty nicely before you came along. I suppose you'll start finding most of your posts in the Fool's Paradise forum.

[Marley]

Wow you sure are a insulter aren't you Jack?

It's "an insulter" Viola, not "a insulter."

Write like you have a brain and an education and people might start taking your seriously dear.

This board was running along pretty nicely before you came along.

Are you threatening me? Are you going to run me off or something? What the hell is that comment supposed to mean?

[Jaaaman]

You are being a little heavy handed here Jack... Personally insulting members of this board like you have been doing detracts from good debate. Can you please refrain from the constant insulting and just discuss the topic at hand? Thank you.