Despite the rhetoric of the Democratic presidential candidates, significant numbers of U.S. troops will remain in Iraq regardless who wins in November.
In their final push to win the nomination, Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York are repeating their vow to start withdrawing U.S. forces shortly after taking office. But both candidates draw a distinction between "combat" troops, whom they want to withdraw, and "noncombat" troops, who will stay to battle terrorists, protect the U.S. civilian presence and possibly train and mentor Iraqi security forces.
Conducting such missions would likely require the sustained deployment of tens of thousands of American military personnel, foreign-policy advisers from both campaigns acknowledge.
"No one is talking about getting to zero," said a foreign-policy adviser to Sen. Obama.
Oh hypocrisy, thy name is Obama.
Wasn't it just a little while ago that Barack Obama was voting for withdrawing US troops entirely? Didn't he co-sponsor a bill that would have meant that ALL troops would have to leave Iraq within 90 days?
Obama is misleading people into thinking that if he's elected, he's going to make everything alright in Iraq and everyone comes home.
Now, they are saying "no one is talking about getting to zero".
It's misleading at best, and lying at worst. And yet, here we are with Obamamania running wild! Idiot voters out there aren't bothering to look into what he says and how he backs it up. Unfortunately, Hillary and I are in complete agreement here: The guy makes great speeches, but simply put, he doesn't back it up. He's a bullshit artist similar to televangelist.
Travis
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