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Heaven Help US! More Disastrous Nation-Building!
That is what has us mired in Afghanistan since 2001 and Iraq since 2003.  Now we will never get out of there.

Carl Peter

 


posted by cpklapper on December 3, 2008 at 4:55 AM | link to this | reply

All bets off
Obama, like presidents past, will NOT be able to do everything that he promised during his campaign. He definitely is assembling a high octane cabinet, but the fact remains, that a president can only do what the House and Senate lets him do. I know there are exceptions to the rule but basically speaking, it has to have approval from congress to put his plan into action. Although President Bush has taken a lot of heat over the war in Iraq, Senators from both sides of the aisle approved it. We shall see what we shall see!  Well written blog!

posted by Texas_Gem on December 2, 2008 at 7:45 PM | link to this | reply

I think it will be difficult to get out of Iraq in 16 months, but I hope he succeeds because I have a son who is a soldier! sam

posted by sam444 on December 2, 2008 at 12:46 PM | link to this | reply