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Old 04-04-2008, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Army_of_One View Post
...The average American doesn't have the intel that our leaders are privy to. All they know is what they read in the newspaper or on the internet. That information alone is NOT enough to make an informed, intelligent decision. People are thinking about Iraq emotionally which is not a good thing.
That reminds me of a certain politician that claims he had the best judgment because he opposed the Iraq war. He was at the time a member of a state legislature and not privy to any high level intel. You can’t make a judgment without facts. What he had was an opinion. Opinions and back sides are something that we all have but it doesn’t rise to the level of judgment.


In other news, here’s your change.

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Obama Adviser Calls for Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010

By ELI LAKE, STAFF REPORTER OF THE SUN | April 4, 2008

WASHINGTON — A key adviser to Senator Obama’s campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010, a plan at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator to withdraw combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.....
Obama Adviser Calls for Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010 | The New York Sun
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