It seems that Obama is tacking further and further to the center everyday.
In Iraq , Obama won a tacit Iraqi endorsement of a plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops in 2010, but he also said that he backs leaving a residual force in Iraq to help train military personnel, provide security for U.S. interests and thwart terrorist threats. The residual force might total up to 50,000 troops, his campaign advisers have told reporters.
Maybe Petraeus talked some sense into him and Obama can't just repeat the same tired far-left rhetoric of pulling every troop out by last March without putting facts into the equation. A force of 50,000 backing up the Iraqis allows us to have a presence in the area if things start to go south. I would think the Iraqis would agree to such a force if things are still quiet in 2010.
It would be like the Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War but without having to contend with a hostile power to the immediate north of the country backed by Communist Superpowers.
There is a hostile power to the east but nothing like North Vietnam.
I mean honestly do we need so many troops in country on a permanent basis if things stay quiet like this? I am really hoping that these moves to the center by Obama are sincere and not just calculated to win the Presidency. If it were Hillary these moves would be suspect but I'm still not sure what to make of Obama.
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