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AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

05/14/10

Keeping his campaign promises has not been Barack Obama’s strong point, as those who hoped the closing of Guantanamo would end a shameful chapter in American history have learnt to their sorrow: and surely those who hoped ‘change’ meant a new era in American foreign policy have reason to be disappointed. As usual, on most issues Obama gave himself a lot of wiggle room, so that if a strategic shift were required he could dance around the contradiction with ease, but on one question he painted himself into a corner: ‘Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.’ He said that, not only during the campaign, but in a speech at Camp Lejeune last year. However, it looks like his administration is preparing to backtrack …

http://tinyurl.com/29759gx



Obama scraps Iraq withdrawal plan

CounterPunch
by David Swanson

05/13/10

So, we elected a president who promised a withdrawal from Iraq that he, or the generals who tell him what to do, is now further delaying. And, of course, the timetable he’s now delaying was already a far cry from what he had promised as a candidate.What are we to think? That may be sad news, but what could we have done differently? Surely it would have been worse to elect a president who did not promise to withdraw, right?

http://counterpunch.org/swanson05132010.html


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