Blueprint for Change: Iraq

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Posted by: rpena on Oct 29, 2008

Barack Obama's plan for Iraq.

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I opposed going to war in Iraq.
Senator McCain was one of Washington’s
biggest supporters for the war.
I warned that the invasion of a country
posing no imminent threat would fan the flames of extremism
and distract us from the fight
against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Senator McCain claimed that we would be greeted as liberators,
and that democracy would spread across the Middle East.
Those were the judgments we made
on the most important strategic question
since the end of the Cold War.
Now is the time for a responsible redeployment of our combat troops
that pushes Iraq’s leaders towards a political solution,
rebuilds our military,
and refocuses on Afghanistan and our broader security threats.
We must be as careful getting out of Iraq,
as we were careless getting in…
We can safely redeploy our combat brigades
at a pace that would remove them in 16 months.
After this redeployment,
we will keep a residual force to perform specifics missions in Iraq,
targeting any reminisces of Al Qaeda,
protecting our service members and diplomats,
and training and supporting Iraq’s security forces
so long as the Iraqis make political progress.
True success will take place
when leave Iraq to a government
that is taking responsibility for its future,
a government that prevents sectarian conflict,
and ensures the Al Qaeda threat
which has been beaten back
by our troops does not remerge.
We will commit two billion dollars
to a meaningful international effort
to support the more than four million displaced Iraqis.
We will forge a new coalition
to support Iraqis’ futures,
one that includes all of Iraq’s neighbors,
and also the United Nations, the World Bank, and the European Union,
because we all have a stake in stability,
and we will make it clear that the United States
seeks no permanent bases in Iraq.

Blueprint for Change: Iraq

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