For this one, I am going to give Bush his "kudos"... very nicely done.
If you haven't watched the clips of his speech from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, then check them out on YouTube... several Army bloggers have them posted, if the major networks don't.
My opinion on this? If the President really can cement a signed and ratified pact between the Iraqi government and the US, then all Barack's and Hillary's tripe about "immediate" troop withdrawls from Iraq are for nothing... they will be bound to honor the pact as much as any President after Truman was forced to honor the agreements that kept troops in Japan, Germany and South Korea since 1945.
Short and sweet... Bush has FINALLY used a little "pre-emptive" tactics in his own Administration and has (possibly) changed the face of the election completely. If the Dem front-runners can't bitch and whine about troops in Iraq, then what are they going to bitch about? If our commitment in Iraq becomes a matter of international agreement on the scale of NATO or our permanent bases in Japan and Korea... hell, how long were we in Panama?... then no amount of ranting and promises to bring home troops "a battalion a month" at a time will make a difference.
Best part is that the "pact" should be completed and ready to be ratified by July of '08... just in time for the Conventions.
I bet Ron Paul is having kittens right now!
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... and he can deliver those kittens himself (he's an OBGYN). Hope the coffee didn't burn you, I was chuckling outloud to myself as I wrote it. On "credit." Gen Pat, and Gates as primaries with the CiC only getting credit for the "ok" is probably more accurate, and I can live with that.
Later ...
And by the way, hello to Rick ... I have heard a lot about him, mostly to do with either special operations or bad vodka being consumed through the nose under a frog mask ... the guys talk very well of you, welcome.
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