tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post7387016607557703447..comments2023-11-08T12:09:20.020-05:00Comments on Prove Me Wrong: Charles Krauthammer's Strategic IncompetenceJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-17221095847898834122011-11-21T12:31:35.628-05:002011-11-21T12:31:35.628-05:00Some troops are expected to leave eventually regar...Some troops are expected to leave eventually regardless of who won the presidency. The unequivocal difference between McCain and Obama according to Krauthammer was the immediate withdrawal of troops under Obama.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-36154657071157362872011-11-21T12:05:12.508-05:002011-11-21T12:05:12.508-05:00...with that said, troops ARE leaving Iraq....with that said, troops ARE leaving Iraq.HispanicPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220166238164432290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-86536145862497366982011-11-21T10:27:54.072-05:002011-11-21T10:27:54.072-05:00Obama's withdrawal followed the Bush timetable...Obama's withdrawal followed the Bush timetable, but he fought that tooth and nail. He tried hard to stay but needed immunity for US soldiers. That is, they need to have the right to kill with impunity. It was tough for the Iraqi government to permit that. Remember how Wikileaks recently revealed that US troops executed an entire family, including infants and grandmothers, and the military cooperated by dropping bombs on the home to cover up evidence and lying about what happened? Those disclosures made it difficult for the Iraqi government to grant immunity, so Obama is leaving with regret, then turning around and pretending we should applaud the fact that he's withdrawing combat troops.<br /><br />So Krauthammer's portrayal is just wrong.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-27676104212329884702011-11-20T22:44:17.978-05:002011-11-20T22:44:17.978-05:00Its a kind of symbiosis. Democrats fake left to g...Its a kind of symbiosis. Democrats fake left to get votes and co-opt progressive demands, and the right pretends that the Democrats are the Leftist they really are not.Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604847159462215168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-73206481696030376142011-11-20T21:03:30.275-05:002011-11-20T21:03:30.275-05:00Except of course, that troops are being withdrawn ...Except of course, that troops are being withdrawn from Iraq here soon...HispanicPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220166238164432290noreply@blogger.com