Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins View Post
The time line on ther war was just that...a LINE.Its said to comfort and make the American people feel betteror not .Realisticly we are not pulling out of Iraq any time soon regardless of who Is President.This was not thought out and was Ill conceived and Badly executed only by the Politico's from Jump off and devolved into a big foul photo op.Forget about comparing our presence in Japan,South Korea,Germany,Etc to Iraq.We will take numerous Hits and have casualties for years as long as we have a substantial presence In Country.This Is religious on a huge scale...not mainly economic or Political.

As for Obauma.....Who?Just a little green for me.Clinton will motivate the Rights machine like no one ever has....Thay want her to win The Primary.In 2000 I would have voted for McCain,The way Bush went after him was gutless and desperate.Now Im not so sure.
The Iraq war is entirely about oil and the economy, as is every other foreign policy move America and Britain have made in that region in the last century. If two-thirds of the world's conventional oil reserves were under the Saharan desert instead of the Arabian desert we'd occasionally be warned by our governments that some tinpot little Saharan dictator was a clear and present threat to our national security that needed immediate military action, and the Middle East would get as much attention as, well, sub-Saharan Africa does today.