A slight difference

Submitted by Abu Nudnik (Canada), Jul 11, 2011 at 21:43

Bush talked about a withdrawal at a date when he would not be in office so it's a bit different. This is diplomacy. He assumed that the new leader, once apprised of the "long war"'s goals and procedures would understand that the withdrawal was unrealistic until Iran was contained.

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