More hypocrisy from Hillary!
“The Iraqis have not done what they had to do to secure their own future,” she said. “And I have said I don’t believe our men and women should stay there to fight their civil war.”
“So we will start bringing them home and we will tell Iraqis the ball is in their court,” she continued. “Now, we will help them, we will support them, but we will not protect them if they refuse to do what we want them to do.”
Clinton said that she is “of course” worried that Iraq could disintegrate if U.S. forces withdraw, but stated: “If the Iraqis are not ready to take responsibility for themselves, it’s not going to make a difference.”
I simply don't know what to say. I'm honestly shocked she would say such a thing.
But of course, it really doesn't matter if the Iraqi's make progress like crazy, she's already made up her mind:
Clinton explained that her three-part plan begins with finding the best way, in consultation with top military advisers, to withdraw American troops in 60 days. Iraq’s future, she said, should be up to Iraq’s political leaders.
She's basically saying "elect me, and I'll have them out in 60 days". But that's not the truth. The truth is that she's talking about "combat troops" and not ALL troops.
I made sure to bookmark this page from a while back.
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.
So this is either more of the same bullshit tactics for her to garner votes, or she's basically telling the Iraqis "If I'm elected, you'd better have your shit together, because our boys are coming home".
Why do I get the feeling that it's the former?
What's funnier is that she made the statements about "combat troops" less than 3 weeks ago and no one seems to be calling her on her hypocrisy.
Am I the only one in the world who notices these things?
Travis
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