For some reason, this page has been deleted from Obama’s web site.
It is time to turn the page. When I am President, we will wage the war that has to be won, with a comprehensive strategy with five elements: getting out of Iraq and on to the right battlefield in Afghanistan and Pakistan; developing the capabilities and partnerships we need to take out the terrorists and the world’s most deadly weapons; engaging the world to dry up support for terror and extremism; restoring our values; and securing a more resilient homeland.
The first step must be getting off the wrong battlefield in Iraq, and taking the fight to the terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I introduced a plan in January that would have already started bringing our troops out of Iraq, with a goal of removing all combat brigades by March 31, 2008. If the President continues to veto this plan, then ending this war will be my first priority when I take office.
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Barry the candidate is a lot more convincing that Barry the President. Still wouldn’t count him out in 2012 with the current cast of Republican characters.
Still in the wayback machine. Gads!! The wayback machine gets cooler all the time.
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070815073440/http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/the_war_we_need_to_win.php
at least he healed the planet…………
That would have been an amazing feat for a mere presidential candidate a year before he was inaugurated. Too bad he didn’t pull it off.
More troops have died in Afghanistan in 2 years of Obama than in all 8 years of Bush. Obama the war monger.