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mischieviousTopic: Bad Colin, go lie down!
So, I was asking a few days ago what Powell was thinking by stating to NPR that our troops might start coming home as soon as this year. I guess I wasn't the only one wondering about that...I saw this in the Trib this morning:
WASHINGTON -- President Bush says the U.S. military will pull out of Iraq "as quickly as possible," but he is not endorsing Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement that troops could begin returning home this year.
"The way I would put it is, American troops will be leaving as quickly as possible, but they won't be leaving until we have completed our mission," Bush said in a Washington Post published Sunday.
"And part of the mission is to train Iraqis so they can fight the terrorists. And the sooner the Iraqis are prepared -- better prepared, better equipped to fight -- the sooner our troops will start coming home," Bush said.
Powell told National Public Radio last week that he believes Americans could begin leaving Iraq this year as the Iraqis take on a larger security role. Powell, in his final days as the government's chief diplomat, said he could not give a timeline when all the troops will be home.
Aww, Powell is being baaaad and he he was sent to bed with no dinner. How dare he speak out like that...Saying something so diametrically opposed to the rest of the adminisration. Good thing he's leaving so we can get Condi in there...She knows how to stay on message and loves repeating the same talking points she is instructed to real good!
Posted by Ahlberg
at 1:52 PM CST
