CSPAN 8:10a.m. Preble (CATO Institute): Exiting Iraq.

[LittleApple81]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA... they feel caught in the quagmire.
They want out by January 2005.

He still says that the Iraq war was not for OIL...

[LittleApple81]

1. Caller: Do you think that we NEEDED to BULLY our way into Iraq.

He does not want to discuss why we got into Iraq, now he wants to get out!

[LittleApple81]

2. Woman saying that by asking to leave Iraq we are hurting our troops..

she has been at the "sending to Iraq" point... I don't think she has been at the wounded and killed "coming back from Iraq" point.

[frankly_fedup2]

3. An older lady just called in and stated that every time he

opens his mouth, he is probably causing the death of some of our soldiers. She told him, "How dare you lift your eyebrows at me," then also stated, "If you smile, then I'm really going to get mad."

Obviously, this lady is one of those that gets ALL her information from the talking head shows, i.e. Limbaugh, Hannity, Boortz.

I'm so sick of this BS that if we question Bush Inc. and the Iraqi war, we are killing our military.

I feel THEY are getting our military killed because a Republican President sent them there, and those Republicans that do not research anything, obviously, before they open their mouths, are the ones getting our troops killed by continuing to support Bush.

If he is reelected, can you imagine what this administration will do when they do not have to be held accountable for ANYTHING.

I am amazed overtime Bush opens his mouth . . . amazed that he can still keep a straight face.

[LittleApple81]

4. Bwahahnahaha... a woman thought we were going to get our money back

because Bush* had said that Iraq's oil would pay for the war.

[LittleApple81]

5. If we STAY in Iraq, we are INCREASING our risk here in the USA.

No duh....
He wants to go back to Afghanistan and complete the job we started there.
Me thinks is a LOT late by now even to do that.

[Scooter24]

6. I remember

hearing someone from the Heritage Foundation saying how they are not going to research a plan because of the constant change in progress.

And now Pentagon officials are saying troops could be in Iraq for the next 5 years....And I'm still trying to figure out what happend to the "Out by the end of 2005" program that Bush and Blair touted to the press.

[LittleApple81]

7. Question: where are the TERRORISTS?

In many places and environment.
NOT IN IRAQ.
Not a single hijacker in 911 was from Iraq.
Focus the war on terrorism, AlQaida and others around the world.
Iraq occupation undermines our war on Terrorism.

I like he says war on Terrorism not "Terror".

[LittleApple81]

8. Wow.. a VERY SMART GUY... talks too fast for me but does HE KNOW

about stuff..
Bush* represents issues in black/white good/evil... real world is not like this.
HE HAS SO MUCH INFO HE COVERED UMPTEEN FACTS IN 2 minutes!!!!

[LittleApple81]

9. We are royally screwed.... my conclusion from this presentation.

and the screwer is BushCo.

[guruant]

10. cato

Cato's conservative? I thought they were libertarian. Anyways, Preble was very articulate and you could tell he knows what he is talking about.

[newyawker99]

11. Hi guruant!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[LittleApple81]

12. I did not say he was conservative. I just said CATO.

[guruant]

14. ...

Hey everyone.

Oh no, I wasn't saying you said it was conservative, but a caller described it as a conservative institute. I was kind of confused by that for a second.

[redqueen]

13. I've gained respect for CATO since the war

They were opposed from the beginning.