Barack Obama Iraq Withdrawal Plan

Anti-War Groups Will Back Obama's Withdrawal Delay

The Plum Line | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


President Obama is reportedly preparing to announce that he will order American combat troops to be out of Iraq by August of 2010, a deadline that's m...

Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Tom Engelhardt

In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff there to leave Iraq any time soon.

McCain Surrogate: He Could Withdraw From Iraq Before Obama!

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


The McCain campaign has come up with an intriguing new way to sell his opposition to a timetable for withdrawal: McCain just might withdraw from Iraq ...