http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/im-on-your-side/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/im-on-your-side/#comment-7656 Spencer Ackerman Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:57:02 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/im-on-your-side/#comment-7656 <p>I haven’t asked Tom directly, and if you read <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-27/obamas-wrong-about-iraq" rel="nofollow">his interview with the Daily Beast’s Benjy Sarlin</a> it’s not exactly explicit, but as best I understand him, Tom thinks the unsettled nature of Iraq’s political conflicts will flare back up into violence, and renewed violence will compel the U.S. to stay.</p> I haven’t asked Tom directly, and if you read his interview with the Daily Beast’s Benjy Sarlin it’s not exactly explicit, but as best I understand him, Tom thinks the unsettled nature of Iraq’s political conflicts will flare back up into violence, and renewed violence will compel the U.S. to stay.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/im-on-your-side/#comment-7617 sghiteinfla Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:43:47 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/im-on-your-side/#comment-7617 <p>Question, why is Ricks so pessimistic about the withdrawal and do you agree with him that President Obama is not going to draw down the number of forces that he says he will? Watching him on MSNBC today I almost got the impression that he was flat calling Obama a liar.</p> Question, why is Ricks so pessimistic about the withdrawal and do you agree with him that President Obama is not going to draw down the number of forces that he says he will? Watching him on MSNBC today I almost got the impression that he was flat calling Obama a liar.

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