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My Road Trip with Bill Richardson | 35 comments
Again, September 2005 (4.00 / 1)
He was against withdrawing troops immediately in September 2005. That doesn't mean he has to be against withdrawing troops for the rest of his life. The situation is different. Expecting someone to have the same position on withdrawing troops is not very logical.

"It's important that we have an Iraq policy that we're either going to finish the job or we're going to exit." That's what he said. It's entirely consistent to have the thought in 2005 that there was still some chance of "finishing the job" with the US military having a role while having the thought in 2007 that troops now can not help us move forward in Iraq in any way and should be withdrawn as soon as practical.

Most importantly, though, looking at what he believed in 2005 compared to what Clinton believed in 2005 isn't really the point. You said his policy in Iraq is basically the same as Clinton now (has closely paralleled, I think you said), and that's just not true and hasn't been for some time.

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My Road Trip with Bill Richardson | 35 comments
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