Cheney says no deadline for troop withdrawal

[sabra]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/NEWS99/60710010

Cheney says no deadline for troop withdrawal

Vice President Dick Cheney offered a spirited defense of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy during a speech today to more than 500 service men and women at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township.

"Decisions on troop levels will be made by the president, not by some artificial timeline set by politicians in Washington," Cheney said.
He defended the National Security Administation's use of telephone surveillance, calling it "a carefully limited and fully constitutional tool in the global war on terror."

"We will use all the tools at our command for the disruption and defeat of the terrorists," he said.

[pinniped]

1. These guys are terrorists. Are they going to defeat themselves?

"We will use all the tools at our command for the disruption and defeat of the terrorists," he said.

[Double T]

2. I thought bushco planned to begin troop withdrawals on.....

November 1, 2006.

[Drum]

14. Strangely,

some article I saw yesterday predicted a return-home of 101st Airborne (numbering in tens of thousands) by SEPTEMBER!

Must be one of those loose-scoring games. As in golf there are "mulligans."

Personally, I don't trust ANYBODY'S numbers, whatever their party or stated allegiance...predictions are only predictions. And in election times, with the stakes being what they are, pols of EVERY stripe will say just about any outlandish thing you can imagine to try to mitigate their other sins. I mean really, aren't they all saying that they're fighting for US?? Really difficult for me to believe that old saw after these past 3 decades of watching The Game. Some are definitely not in our corner, and are being disengenuous at best. Sadly there is not a Party monopoly on this...it takes all kind.

IOW...I say: "Don't tell me. SHOW me!"

(don't let the numbers game spin you around and force your (our!) attention from the real stuff. As if I had to tell ya! Not meaning to sound off on you Double T, just that your reply made me remember the above prediction that I had heard flung-for-votes recently.)
:toast:

[Ringo84]

3. Loony Tunes

What are we going to do - stay in Iraq forever? We should at least think of certain landmarks where we can say, "OK. x has been accomplished in Iraq. Therefore, we can withdraw y troops".
Ringo

[arcane1]

7. to answer your question: yes

that's the plan

[BlueStater]

9. Until the end of his term

The little shithead wants the next president to deal with his mess.

[Ringo84]

12. Yeah - poor baby

I sure wouldn't want to interfere with his Crawford Ranch time. :sarcasm:
Ringo

[unhappycamper]

4. "Decisions on troop levels will be made by the president, not by some

artificial timeline set by politicians in Washington."

:rofl: :rofl:

Darth is a barrel of laughs.

[Canuckistanian]

10. After all, he's doing a heckuva job

Hell, even a group of third-graders could have done a better job.

[onehandle]

5. "Besides, constant war and chaos is good for my stock portfolio."

"Military service is for the little people."

[Xipe Totec]

6. The Cheney White House has spoken

notify the pResident!

[az chela]

11. You got that right,bush doesnt even know what day it is

Cheney,condi and rummy are the decision makers but the shrub doesnt know that

[MichiganVote]

8. This from the not so shadowy commander in chief

Pretty funny. If you're a Republican Fundamentalist who voted for Bush, you really got Cheney with the not so Fundamentalist lesbian daughter. Real rocket science.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. ..................Straight from the horse's ass.

[teryang]

15. Who's the boss?

Cheney - Commander in Chief.

[wisteria]

16. Of course not, Haliburton hasn't made enough money yet, then

there is still the matter of making sure we get at the oil.

[daleo]

17. There will be no deadline

But the line of dead will grow and grow.