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Old 11-08-2006, 08:45 AM   #218
FlamingLonghorn
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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame View Post
Seeing as how I could really care less who is in the most interesting thing I saw was an Obama interview.

He was asked about IRAQ(duh no kidding) and said paraphrasically that he was for bringing the troops home but realized that wasn't a smart move unless done exceedingly carefully and felt it was more important to be constructive. Next out of this mouth was ---yep wait for it -- can you guess? -- the BAKER plan. Yep it's not just some boys sitting around in a think tank. This is looking more and more like what Bush will be presented with and it's going to have support from his own party and from the top Democrats as well.
The US's biggest ally in the middle east is Saudi and they are vehemently against partitioning because it increases Iran's sphere of control. The US is not going to pursue a policy that will really **** off their biggest ally in the area.
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