Liberals MAD at Obama over Iraq Policy

The Times: Reports that Liberals are furious with President Obama for his Plan for Iraq. This is a good move by President Obama, he has gone Liberal on the Domestic Agenda but very cautious on Foreign Policy, he does not want to be another Jimmy Carter. The keeping of between thirty five and fifty thousand troops in Iraq allows him to take action should Iraq go back to the bad days of 2006/7. The Obama Administration does not want a new slogan, " Who Lost Iraq " as this would recall the problems Democrats had with " Who Lost China " at the start of the Cold War. Thus the plan keeps Obama in the game, allows him to keep an eye on Iran, and allows Iraq to develop under American Security. Lets be honest no one trusts Democrats when in comes to National Security, thus this move by President Obama is right in strategic terms and political terms, what Obama needs now is for the Liberal New York Times to be critical of this policy, then he would get total Republican support.

Iraq and Obama

The White House: Has the full text of the President Obama's Plan for Iraq. The most important and realistic part I thought was the following remarks in the speech. The President stated the following, " After we remove our combat brigades, our mission will change from combat to supporting the Iraqi government and its Security Forces as they take the absolute lead in securing their country. As I have long said, we will retain a transitional force to carry out three distinct functions: training, equipping, and advising Iraqi Security Forces as long as they remain non-sectarian; conducting targeted counter-terrorism missions; and protecting our ongoing civilian and military efforts within Iraq. Initially, this force will likely be made up of 35-50,000 U.S. troops. " As I was watching the speech Vietnam came to my mind, it recalls the Vietnamization of the Vietnam War by the Nixon Administration, it didn't work of course, North Vietnam won in the end. The question that is our there, what will Iran do about Iraq, Iran wants to become a nuclear armed power, will Iran offer to do a deal, allow Iran to go Nuclear and the Iran will keep its nose out Iraq. The President stated the following on Iran and the Obama Policy towards a nuclear armed Iran, the Obama Administration is " developing a strategy to use all elements of American power to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. " Thus the Obama plan for Iraq and Iran could come in to conflict, Obama wants combat troops out by August 2010, what if Iran takes Iraq back to the violence of 2006/7 before the Bush surge, the President stated the following on his Iraqi policy, " We will proceed carefully, and I will consult closely with my military commanders on the ground and with the Iraqi government. There will surely be difficult periods and tactical adjustments. But our enemies should be left with no doubt: this plan gives our military the forces and the flexibility they need to support our Iraqi partners, and to succeed. " Thus by the end of this year President Obama could face the following, a nuclear armed Iran, offering talks that keeps them out of Iraq but on the condition that they can become a nuclear armed power without any sanctions. Also Israel will not allow Iran to become a nuclear power, thus they might strike Iran, if that happens, Iran will hit Iraq. Thus the Bush War will become Obama's War as Afghanistan has become his war.