Obama on Iraq: Troops will be on the ground for 2 1/2 - 3 years
At town hall forum Friday in Guttenberg, Iowa, Senator Obama was asked an unusual question for a Democratic candidate - What is your plan if we begin to withdraw troops from Iraq and the terrorists follow us home?
Iraq is not a strange or new topic for discussion on the campaign trail for Obama, but the candidate’s response was interesting for two reasons.
First, Obama (as he usually does) said that our invasion of Iraq has created a “hotbed” of terrorism in the country. But he qualified that today by saying, “although it’s lessened over the last year.”
And later in his answer, Obama seemed to assure the woman that, if elected, troops would still be in Iraq for another “two and a half, three years.” Not exactly a bragging point for a Democrat running for president.
Here is the unedited question and answer:
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Tags: iowa, Iraq, obama, terrorism
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