Originally Posted By: M E M


Hillary Clinton, in the above Washington post article:
"Redeploying out of Iraq will be difficult and requires careful planning," Clinton said. "I continue to call on the Bush administration to immediately provide a redeployment strategy that will keep our brave men and women safe as they leave Iraq -- instead of adhering to a political strategy to attack those who rightfully question their competence and preparedness after years of mistakes and misjudgments."



It's clear she said this to appeal to her Demoicrat anti-war voter base (whom she has to dig herself out of a hole with because of her previous support of the war, and explains why Barack Obama is outfundraising the living hell out of her, and why he is rising in the polls as well).

There's no reason to immediately begin a contingency withdrawal plan, which implies failure in its very request!

The troop surge in Iraq despite liberal propaganda to undermine it before it has even been fully implemented, actually seems to be working. Anbar province, which had previously been the most bloody area outside of Baghdad, and written off to Al Qaida prior to the troop surge, has been cleared.

Nothing is written in stone, but the plan, based on early victories, seems to have a very reasonable chance of success.


And even if Democrats refuse to see that: What is the Democrat alternative plan, other than abandoning Iraq's democratic reformers to slaughter, and leaving Iraq to be a safe haven for Al Qaida expansion of de-stabilizing violence throughout the region?