Originally posted by: blackangst1
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Can you show me a link to where he's previously supported an immediate withdrawal? All I've ever heard him propose was a phased withdrawal.
Sept 12, 2007
He introduced legislation last January calling for withdrawal to start on May 1 and for all combat brigades to be pulled out by March 31, 2008.
immediately begin to remove our combat troops
"Our drawdown should proceed at a steady pace of one or two brigades each month," he plans to say. "If we start now, all of our combat brigades should be out of Iraq by the end of next year."
"We must get out strategically and carefully, removing troops from secure areas first, and keeping troops in more volatile areas until later, but our drawdown should proceed at a steady pace of one or two brigades each month," Mr. Obama said.
Sounds like a phased withdrawal to me!