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I’m chewing over my response to Obama’s leaked decision to pull 90+K of the troops out of Iraq by mid-2010. Like everything, there is a positive and a negative side to it; while my real judgment will wait until I understand better why he justifies this, I’m very concerned that this is really a domestic decision as opposed to one based on the real needs there. That’s amplified by the reporting, which suggests that the generals on the ground managed to pull the deadline out a few months – meaning that Obama is negotiating against his generals, as opposed to supporting them in the context of his larger strategic decisions. That gives me kind of a cold, prickly feeling…<\/p>\n
One thing I give GWB massive credit for is his decision to screw domestic politics and push the surge. Of course, if he’d done a better job managing domestic politics…<\/p>\n
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But I can’t help feeling like we’re close, and a little more patience might create the space for a more stable politics in Iraq. Then again, the Iraqi government gets the trump card in making these decisions.<\/p>\n
So…this will take a lot more reading and thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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