Motofox
01-03-2008, 07:21
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/
Bringing Our Troops Home
Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda.
So, you want to bring a vast majority of the troops home so that we migh have just as well taken the almost a Trillion dollars we’ve spent on this war and burn it as well as let the over three thousand troops that have died in this war have died in vien?
And I got bad news for you: al Qaeda already has bases in Iraq. If we pull out now, it is entirely possible that they will take over the whole damn country and we’ll be facing one of the greatest and most direct threats the USA has ever seen.
Press Iraq’s Leaders to Reconcile
The best way to press Iraq’s leaders to take responsibility for their future is to make it clear that we are leaving. As we remove our troops, Obama will engage representatives from all levels of Iraqi society – in and out of government – to seek a new accord on Iraq’s Constitution and governance. The United Nations will play a central role in this convention, which should not adjourn until a new national accord is reached addressing tough questions like federalism and oil revenue-sharing.
Ok, sound good, but if you pull the troops out, Iraq will instantly plummet into a civil war, and there will be no leaders left to press to reconcile.
Regional Diplomacy
Obama will launch the most aggressive diplomatic effort in recent American history to reach a new compact on the stability of Iraq and the Middle East. This effort will include all of Iraq’s neighbors — including Iran and Syria. This compact will aim to secure Iraq’s borders; keep neighboring countries from meddling inside Iraq; isolate al Qaeda; support reconciliation among Iraq’s sectarian groups; and provide financial support for Iraq’s reconstruction.
Well, this actually works, who would be trying to meddle in an orderless hell hole that without the US has NO clear leadership of any kind?
Humanitarian Initiative
Obama believes that America has a moral and security responsibility to confront Iraq’s humanitarian crisis — two million Iraqis are refugees; two million more are displaced inside their own country. Obama will form an international working group to address this crisis. He will provide at least $2 billion to expand services to Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries, and ensure that Iraqis inside their own country can find a safe-haven.
OK, Please tell me you aren’t stupid enough to see the problem here? If the US leaves Iraq now, there will be nothing but chaos, and people aren’t going to go back home if there is chaos. Iraq is not stable enough to even begin to think about functioning on its own.
PLEASE don’t confuse my criticism on Obama’s foreign policy as support for the conduct of the Iraq war. I knew it was a bad idea from the beginning, it should have never passed in congress and I highly disapprove of Bush’s tactics as commander in chief, however, I feel that Iraqi’s are people too. To leave now is to show that America can be broken if you just try hard enough, and you can’t say that Insurgents willing to blow themselves up aren’t trying as hard as they can. It is entirely possible that electing Obama could cost more civilian lives than was ever dreamed of before, we need the soldiers to do their job in Iraq now, the surge is working, given more time, Iraq will stabilize, but if we pull out now, we have doomed the Iraqi people and we have doomed ourselves.
I don’t want to sound like a supporter of any particular candidate, but by process of elimination, I’ll probably sound that way.
Clinton has a foreign policy that is too similar to Obama’s and would have us in the same situation.
The only 3 electable candidates in this election are Clinton, Obama, and McCain.
If we want Iraq to be a stable place and not to have more terrorist attacks in this nation; while I disagree with some of his policies and past decisions, I must say the American Public NEEDS to vote McCain this election.
Bringing Our Troops Home
Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda.
So, you want to bring a vast majority of the troops home so that we migh have just as well taken the almost a Trillion dollars we’ve spent on this war and burn it as well as let the over three thousand troops that have died in this war have died in vien?
And I got bad news for you: al Qaeda already has bases in Iraq. If we pull out now, it is entirely possible that they will take over the whole damn country and we’ll be facing one of the greatest and most direct threats the USA has ever seen.
Press Iraq’s Leaders to Reconcile
The best way to press Iraq’s leaders to take responsibility for their future is to make it clear that we are leaving. As we remove our troops, Obama will engage representatives from all levels of Iraqi society – in and out of government – to seek a new accord on Iraq’s Constitution and governance. The United Nations will play a central role in this convention, which should not adjourn until a new national accord is reached addressing tough questions like federalism and oil revenue-sharing.
Ok, sound good, but if you pull the troops out, Iraq will instantly plummet into a civil war, and there will be no leaders left to press to reconcile.
Regional Diplomacy
Obama will launch the most aggressive diplomatic effort in recent American history to reach a new compact on the stability of Iraq and the Middle East. This effort will include all of Iraq’s neighbors — including Iran and Syria. This compact will aim to secure Iraq’s borders; keep neighboring countries from meddling inside Iraq; isolate al Qaeda; support reconciliation among Iraq’s sectarian groups; and provide financial support for Iraq’s reconstruction.
Well, this actually works, who would be trying to meddle in an orderless hell hole that without the US has NO clear leadership of any kind?
Humanitarian Initiative
Obama believes that America has a moral and security responsibility to confront Iraq’s humanitarian crisis — two million Iraqis are refugees; two million more are displaced inside their own country. Obama will form an international working group to address this crisis. He will provide at least $2 billion to expand services to Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries, and ensure that Iraqis inside their own country can find a safe-haven.
OK, Please tell me you aren’t stupid enough to see the problem here? If the US leaves Iraq now, there will be nothing but chaos, and people aren’t going to go back home if there is chaos. Iraq is not stable enough to even begin to think about functioning on its own.
PLEASE don’t confuse my criticism on Obama’s foreign policy as support for the conduct of the Iraq war. I knew it was a bad idea from the beginning, it should have never passed in congress and I highly disapprove of Bush’s tactics as commander in chief, however, I feel that Iraqi’s are people too. To leave now is to show that America can be broken if you just try hard enough, and you can’t say that Insurgents willing to blow themselves up aren’t trying as hard as they can. It is entirely possible that electing Obama could cost more civilian lives than was ever dreamed of before, we need the soldiers to do their job in Iraq now, the surge is working, given more time, Iraq will stabilize, but if we pull out now, we have doomed the Iraqi people and we have doomed ourselves.
I don’t want to sound like a supporter of any particular candidate, but by process of elimination, I’ll probably sound that way.
Clinton has a foreign policy that is too similar to Obama’s and would have us in the same situation.
The only 3 electable candidates in this election are Clinton, Obama, and McCain.
If we want Iraq to be a stable place and not to have more terrorist attacks in this nation; while I disagree with some of his policies and past decisions, I must say the American Public NEEDS to vote McCain this election.