DISQUS

flalady · 1 year ago

If Obama continues to say '16 months' whenever he is asked, then someday he will get it right. However, the first time he was asked, 16 months would be over in March. Besides, with 300 foreign policy advisors, he is bound to get one or two answers right. I just wish he had a little experience--in anything--to make me have more confidence in one of his proclamations.
ajm8127 · 1 year ago

I think he means 16 months from when his is inaugurated since he really does not have the power to pull troops out of Iraq yet.
ajm8127 · 1 year ago

That would be May of 2009, btw
ajm8127 · 1 year ago

2010, sorry.
ufred · 1 year ago

When do you think the issue over Kirkuk will be settled, or at least voted upon, and do you think having US troops visible will help contain violence in regard to Kirkuk?
spencer_ackerman · 1 year ago

@ufred, as long as there's the option of punting on Kirkuk, expect a three-and-out strategy. And the option appears, contrary to my expectations, not to be disappearing. The fact of the referendum will be what determines violence in the city, not a U.S. presence.