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To: tejek who wrote (400156)	7/19/2008 9:52:00 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583432

Will Maliki retract his words? (Not so far...) lol Maliki doesn't have to retract his words, Obama is the candidate of change...daily.

To: tejek who wrote (400156)	7/19/2008 10:14:11 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583432

The best course of action for the Bush/Cheney/McSame (R)'s at this time might be to "hope" that Obama or Maliki gets taken out by an IED or a sniper while in those dangerous places. Would Hillary be the candidate by default?

To: tejek who wrote (400156)	7/19/2008 11:35:28 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583432

This could be one of those unexpected events that forever changes the way the world perceives an issue. Iraq's Prime Minister agrees with Obama, and there's no wiggle room or fudge factor. I don't know why it would change a thing; haven't we known forever that everyone in the ME supports Obama? Obama better represents THEIR interests than he does ours. Which was the point of my earlier post. This should come a surprise to nobody. Bush is in the process of negotiating with Maliki, and Obama waltzes in and says, "Hey, you don't have to negotiate with me. I'll just give you what you want. No haggling necessary". No surprise here at all. Let me add this -- I have no doubt that the leadership of Iran, Syria, NK, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and any number of other countries will embrace Obama's positions, as well. You think that is a GOOD thing?

To: tejek who wrote (400156)	7/20/2008 10:07:32 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583432

Maliki Doesn't Endorse Obama Troop Withdrawal Plan (Update1) By Tarek Al-Issawi July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hasn't endorsed any specific plan for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a government spokesman said, a day after a magazine report that he supported Barack Obama's proposal. Al-Maliki supports a general vision of U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and has not backed a plan by Obama, the presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, for a 16-month withdrawal window, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in an e-mailed statement in Baghdad today. Al-Maliki was quoted in an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine published on its Web site yesterday as saying that Obama's plan is ``the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes.'' Comments al-Maliki made to the magazine were ``misunderstood and mistranslated'' and were not ``conveyed accurately,'' al- Dabbagh said in the statement. Remarks made by the prime minister or any member of the Iraqi government ``should not be understood as support to any U.S. presidential candidate,'' the statement said. To contact the reporter on this story: Tarek Al-Issawi in Cairo at talissawi@bloomberg.net bloomberg.com