"John P. Mullen" wrote:

:Leadfoot wrote:
:
: Have you ever worked at a job where you had to clean up someone else's mess?
: Someone who was paid by the same people as you to do it themselves?
:
: What do you think George Bush is doing when he says the next President will
: have to finish Iraq?
:
: If the Iraqi's can't stand up and fight this for themselves by January 19,
: 2009 then they aren't worth saving.
:
: Just to clarify I can see some forces staying after Bush leaves office if
: the Iraqi's have proven themselves such as close air support, SOF, trainers.
: logistics and intelligence but not any regular infantry.
:
:Bush has several reasons.
:
:First of all, there is a perception that in times of war, people are
:more likely to vote Republican.
:
:Second of all, he knows that the mission cannot possibly be completed,
:so Rove will have a hard time spinning the line that a Republican
:President didn't lose a war.
:
:Most of all, by leaving US forces in Iraq, Rove can blame the Democrats,
:who are likely to have a President in 2008.

To the Lefty Loon, EVERYTHING is about politics. That's why it's so
hard for them to win. The rest of us care about the issues, not their
phony political posturing.

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"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates