Will the US pullout of Iraq before George W. Bush steps down from the presidency?

We won't afterward either, if the country elects McCain, apparently.

With a qualifier which ppl don't seem to be getting. There is a troop drawn down going on right now.Iraq is out of the news right now because it was only worth reporting on when things were going badly.Now that the surge IS working and things have improved there's no reason for the media to cover it. What they are not covering either is that there IS a troop draw down going on.Gen Petraus is making the call and it's going to be an incremental draw down based on circumstances on the ground.Take a look at the troops that are coming home and will be coming home.We'll still have a presence there-have to-but by the time the election takes place it may be that MOST of the troops will be home anyway.

Only in my dreams.

you're not keeping up with the facts and what IS going on.That's because the news media is not covering it but if you do the research you will find the post i put up to be true. By the time the election takes place it could be that MOST of the troops ARE home.

No, but they will pull out "Right before Hell Freezes Over"!!!!

Not only will the trops not be pulled out of Iraq, if Bush and Cheney have theri way, we'll be at war with Iran before he leaves office.

The dems and reps don't have the guts to do what should be done. We were led by the nose into this mess (mushroom clouds and other fearmongering pitches to the masses) and bush is going to let someone else clean it up his mess.

"bush is going to let someone else clean it up his mess."
standard Hillary line.You guyz sound like parrots.Can you come up with an opinion on your own?

No one with any access to the facts is saying otherwise.

I don't think they will ever pull out

I doubt it

I highly doubt George knows what pulling out is...his dad didn't or our country would be better and he didn't or entertainment would have been boring with one or two less headlines! Either way if they aren't if the next person is smart they will pull out! Something more men need to learn when with women :)

SAD TO SAY NO! THAT WON'T HAPPEN MY FELLOW VETERANS WHO ARE FIGHTING IN BOTH COUNTRIES WILL BE THERE WHEN SHORT DICK-BUSH,LEAVES OFFICE I WISH THEY COULD ALL COME HOME NOW THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH BUT NOW THAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES,HAS EXTENDED THEIR TOUR OF DUTY FROM ONE YEAR TO FIFTEEN MONTHS AND SOME OF THOSE VETS ARE ON THERE THIRD AND FOURTH TOURS CAN YOU REALLY SEE THAT HAPPENING I SADLY DON'T TO BAD WE CAN'T SEND (BUSH'S) DAUGHTERS OVER THERE TO FIGHT AND GET SOME SCHRAPNEL UP THERE ASSES OR EVEN THAT ( CUNT-IN CHIEF) HIMSELF WOULD BE NICE AND TAKE (CHENEY-DUCK) WITH HIM SINCE (CHENEY) LIKES TO SHOOT PEOPLE IN THE FACE WHEN THEIR NOT LOOKING DIRTY PRICK SO I SOUND NASTY AND PISSED OFF WELL WHEN IT COMES TO (BUSH,CHENEY,RICE) I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THEM.

Hey Troy.Check the facts.They are already drawing down troops levels.By the time the election takes place it's highly likely that MOST of the troops will be home.We will always have a presence there (albeit smaller one)but they are coming home incrementally.Check the numbers-get the facts.

When we went in Bush said it was a 10 year war, so I don't see him
leaving. The Senate and Congress will have to override a veto to get
them out.

They're going down in flames. I mean us. It's very Vietnam.

Not really Astor.This time around ppl supported our troops and didn't treat them like dogs.
I remember when our military came back from Vietnam.They were treated like dogs. They never got the respect they deserved.We soon destroyed our military and it took Reagen to build it back up.It took George W. for the military to get the respect they deserved. You can't say-i support the troops and not support their mission.
That destroys morale.That's exactly what happened in Vietnam.You can't win a war with demoralized troops.

You need an "undecided" box up there because I really dont know.It should be up the the military Professionals who are over there trying to make a difference and fighting to keep us safe from these terrorists.President Bush has been steadfast in this fight and he and our Troops need our prayers and support.

Good point. Our current General Petraeus said that he wants until
september to give the new troop surge and new tactics to work before he
gives his recomendation. The final stage of the surge is set for the
end of June, and congress is already trying to set time limits for
July. Does this make any sense to anyone? If you are only willing to
fund for one month past sending the last surge in, then why not just
defund it now, and avoid all the extra cost of sending people over,
just to send them right back.

Heck no. To him this is all a poker game and even being busted he will leave the other players with a huge pot that they have to play with and stay in or end up losing all their bets and all the young American lives that were wasted.

DREADING THE NEXT PRESIDENT NOT A LOT OF CHOICES OUT THERE THAT IMPRESS ME. I LOVE BUSH AND SUPPORT HIM

ditto.

We can not continue to surrender when our military is winning. The world is becoming more dangerous with the extremist jadhist lunatics and we need to fight them overseas, not here in the U.S.

of course not the guy's an ass how the hell he got voted is a mistery. he only won one time the other time he was appointed. it's funny how it was his brother's state. that made the differnce. i really don't think he had a plan going into this war let alone getting out.my heart goes out to our gi's who are fighting this war and the family's it's such a shame you have to serve under this jackass idiot

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-co... This link might give you some tips on how he and others like him get voted into office.

Whether you win a state by 50,000 or by 50 you still win the state. And
he wasn't appointed. It was recounted in Florida at least 3 times, and
he won all three times, and the count for him went up each time.

only if he stays in office forever

There should be, but the bullheaded jackass in the white house will not let it happen. For a war dodging Air Natl Guard guy he loves to put other people's family members in harms way. He believes God wants him in the war. He and Cheeeny are getting wealthy on this war.

"He and Cheeeny are getting wealthy on this war."
Huh? Most of the contracts for building are going to foreign countries.
Do some homework before you spout off without any facts to back your
opinion.

you're clueless Micheal.Sorry. Do your homework.

No because Bush is so stuborn and not the type of person to admit his mistakes. I believe his approval rating is lower than any other President at the 6 year period of his presidency. As an elected leader they MUST do the will of the people or majority -- when they refuse that borders on insanity or dictatorship or maybe they are both the same. MAJORITY RULES -- HE SHOULD OBEY !!!

Sorry, but majority rules in a Democracy, this is a Republic.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_po... is a link that rates the approval ratings of the President and
leaders in congress. I would post it, but charts wont come across. so I
will list the Negitive %'s for them
Condi Rice 50%
G.W. Bush 70%
Gates 55%
Cheney 68%
Republicans in congress 74%
Democrats in congress 58%
Senate Majority Harry Reid 52%
House Nancy Pelosi 56%
Congress as a whole 69%
Positives
Condi Rice 45%
Bush 28%
Democrats in congress 35%
Pelosi 30%
Cheney 25%
Robert Gates 29%
Congress as a whole 27%
Republicans in congress 22%
Harry Reid 22%
Congress as a whole is lower than the president's is, so what does that
tell us? The only person on the chart that is even close to breaking
even is Condi Rice. Looks to me like everyone is thinking the same as I
am. They are all bums, and must all be on the border of insanity.

Its not in their best interest to do so.

As one who fought in Iraq there are too many problems with the Iraqi people and their officials for the President to be able to claim a victory. This is America and there isn't a President who starts a war willing to take anything less than a full and complete victory like our forefathers. It will take the next President (Democrat probably) to say is enough is enough. In the mean time we will continue to patrol the streets in Iraq and do all the work while the Iraqi's sit back and smoke knock off Marlboro cigarettes and drink their chai tea and complain that America is an occupier that doesn't do enough or give them enough money.

Even if we elect a Democrat to the office, they wont pull out either.
It wasn't until Nixon(Republican) that we finally pulled out of
Vietnam, and the outcome was from here
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genoci... of Cambodians accustomed to city life were now forced into
slave labor in Pol Pot's "killing fields" where they soon began dying
from overwork, malnutrition and disease, on a diet of one tin of rice
(180 grams) per person every two days.
Ethnic groups were attacked including the three largest minorities; the
Vietnamese, Chinese, and Cham Muslims, along with twenty other smaller
groups. Fifty percent of the estimated 425,000 Chinese living in
Cambodia in 1975 perished. Khmer Rouge also forced Muslims to eat pork
and shot those who refused.
So if this is the result that you want to see, since everyone thinks it
is vietnam, then lets just leave now. But no complaining when the
civilian death toll start to climb, and reaches into the 7 diget margin.

Nope you won't here me complain at all. But since you seem so concerned then I invite you to enlist and pick up that weapon and go defend their streets. Then when you get into the shit I would like to see how well your cling to your holier than thou attitude. Oh but knowing your type you wont and will continue to sit back and snipe at everyone else since you think your so well informed. I didn't see you mention any of the horrific things the Iraqi Sunni's did to the Shia or the Kurds. How the Baath party ruled the Iraq and when if was time to take part in the elections they decided to sit out. So let the Sunni and Shia decide it between themselves.

If I didn't suffer with Fibromyalgia, I would, but with my current
health problems the military wouldn't take me. I believe that I said,
and perhaps it was in another post, that we should police the borders
between Syria and Iran to keep insurgants out, and the let the Iraqis
sort it out.