Is Sen. Barack Obama a coward for introducing legislation to cut and run in Iraq?

Question

He wants a retreat on March 31 2008.

Answer 1

America did`nt get to be the greatest, wealthiest, and most powerful nation on earth by retreating. Obama will take you down if you elect him. Stay strong for the sake of the free world, dont elect whimps.

Answer 2

No! If he is a coward then over 80% of Congress are cowards, because each person has a deadline for the US to get out of Iraq. Out of the top of 3 presidential candidates from both parties, only one opposed going to Iraq prior to the "War in Iraq" with enough foresight to realize a war in Iraq will not be good. And that was Barack Obama. For reference here is Obama's 2002 statement when he was a IL State Senator:

"I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, and at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East and encourage the worst, rather than the best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaida. I am not opposed to all wars, I'm opposed to dumb wars."

He is not proposing a "cut and run" legislation. He is proposing that we bring most of military on the front lines in Iraq home because they are fighting in a CIVIL WAR. Most of the citizens of Iraq do not want our American (& Coalition) troops occupying there country. Beefing up our presence in nearby "friendlier" Arabian countries like Kuwait and Turkey in case we need to take future direct action is the best course.

Answer 3

No, he's actually pretty brave to put it on the line like that knowing he is going to hear the coward, cut and run and retreat crap from "people like you". In reality (a foreign concept to "people like you") By March 2008 it will have been five years since Bush declared mission accomplished, Saddam was overthrown, no WMDS found, and the nonexistent "threat" to the US was thwarted. An orderly, phased withdrawal at that point will not be "cut and run" "retreat" or cowardice, it would be common sense to get out of a quagmire and stop throwing away money and lives propping up a corrupt government and policing a civil war.

Answer 4

His legislation doesn't call for cut and run. He has called for a re-deployment to critical areas in Iraq and Afghanistan and heavier requirements for the Iraq government/army. His opposition to staying is based on the fact we are losing American lives in someone elses civil war. He has stated that we must not leave in political turmoil though and has shown a plan that would gradually transfer power back to the Iraq government. This is no where near cut and run. Personally I think it is more cowardly for Bush to keep our troops in harms way just because he can't admit he was wrong.

Answer 5

The senate has lengthy gone again a extra his call to easily about each and every little bit of law presented considering Obama grow to be sworn in. it is a finished shame and an finished misrepresentation which sandwiches in with the Obama marketing campaign

Answer 6

Ooh, sorry, the premise of your question is incorrect.

The correct premise is that the war was misbegotten from the start by a band of zealots who were themselves chicken-hawks who avoided service during Vietnam because they "had other priorities" (actual quote from Dick Cheney).

We would also have accepted the cogent observation that conservative Republican Senator Chuck Hegel has also called for a withdrawal of troops.

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Answer 7

You're question is misleading, as I'm sure you intended it to be.

Sen. Obama is suggesting that we begin a phased withdrawl of troops, coinciding with the Iraqi government taking care of it's own problems. Regardless of how we got there, we are in the middle of a civil war now. Tell me, should we be fighting against the Shiites or the Sunnis? Maybe the Baathists? I think maybe we better let Allah sort this one out.

Answer 8

Is President Bush a coward for going AWOL from his cushy posting to a National Guard unit during the Vietnam War?

Answer 9

It's ridiculous to call someone a coward who is not even serving in the military. He's just being sensible & trying to save American lives & YOUR tax dollars!

Answer 10

Not at all, it is a part of the political process, I personally think that wanting the U.S. to stay involved in a effort of nation building is more the coward the the person that stands up against it.