Oh Boy! Obama introduces something binding!

[Sailor for Warner]

Just saw it on CNN no link yet.

[Quakerfriend]

1. He watches these boards!

Yahoo!

[hippiechick]

4. Or he's watching Feingold ...

:eyes:

[Sailor for Warner]

2. Looks like he is proposing

A binding resolution demanding withdrawal by late 2008. His speech was very eloquent.

[Lex]

3. Late 2008?

Hmmmmm....

[babylonsister]

5. Same reaction here. What about this year, dammit! nt

[pdxprog]

7. If the target is late 2008, might want to ask him...

...to add withdrawal from Iran and Syria to the resolution now.

[drthais]

6. 2+2=4

ok
Hillary says in Iowa
that the president has the responsibility
to get us out of Iraq before he leaves office
the crowd goes wild

Obama is a smart guy
he sees that,
then he goes one better
a BINDING RESOLUTION to do the very same thing!
(the crowd goes even wilder!)

[jsamuel]

11. and Feingold, who isn't even running, goes for the next 6 months

Cheer!

[frebrd]

8. If not until late 2008...

it will make good campaign fodder right up to the election.

[BayCityProgressive]

9. shitty resolution

troops out NOW. It isn't our country and we need to leave!

[RamboLiberal]

10. Link

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jan/30/obama_calls_for_withdrawal_of_all_troops_from_iraq_by_march_2008

U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today introduced binding and comprehensive legislation that not only reverses the President’s dangerous and ill-conceived escalation of the Iraq war, but also sets a new course for U.S. policy that can bring a responsible end to the war and bring our troops home.

“Our troops have preformed brilliantly in Iraq, but no amount of American soldiers can solve the political differences at the heart of somebody else’s civil war,” Obama said. “That’s why I have introduced a plan to not only stop the escalation of this war, but begin a phased redeployment that can pressure the Iraqis to finally reach a political settlement and reduce the violence.”

The Obama plan offers a responsible yet effective alternative to the President's failed policy of escalation. Realizing there can be no military solution in Iraq, it focuses instead on reaching a political solution in Iraq, protecting our interests in the region, and bringing this war to a responsible end. The legislation commences redeployment of U.S. forces no later than May 1, 2007 with the goal of removing all combat brigades from Iraq by March 31, 2008, a date that is consistent with the expectation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.