DNC Counting on Foolish Liberal Base

Fool me once, shame on you

Fool me twice, shame on us

Yeah, I know it’s a month late (maybe more), but it’s time to talk about what’s gonna happen in Iraq over the next year (2/08-2/09). In September of 2007 (almost half a year ago), President Bush concurred with General Petraeus and gave the order to begin withdrawing US forces from Iraq. A few weeks later, the first units packed up. Thousands made it home before Christmas. Tens of thousands more will be home before the November election in 2008. Lately, there’s been talk of a pause in the withdrawal schedule so that gains and momentum in the field wouldn’t be lost, but it is just a pause-not an end, and further troop level reductions are expected to follow.

So, what happens in 2009? Well, if Senator McCain is elected, the withdrawals will continue depending on the conditions on the ground. If Senator Obama is elected, he says he’s going to order the withdrawal of U.S. forces (ignoring the fact that it had already started for over a year), but that the rate of withdrawal will continue depending on conditions on the ground. If Senator Clinton is elected, she’s promised to end the war immediately and order the withdrawal of U.S. forces (which started last September), but that the rate and level of withdrawal will depend on the conditions on the ground. All three candidates have basically the same position on what they will do in Iraq if elected, but the Democrats market themselves daily as promising to end the war in Iraq. Why? Because that’s how Democrats took power in November 2006, and the liberal, anti-war, “peace movement” base of the DNC will believe anything that is anti-war. Truth is irrelevant.

One wonders if the American people will look at the Republican and Democratic party plans for Iraq in 2009+ and say, “fool me once, shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on us”?

Link to Obama and Clinton misleading statements about their plans to end the war in Iraq