Majority Want All American Troops in Afghanistan Home Now

By: Tuesday June 21, 2011 12:30 pm

With President Obama planning to keep tens of thousand of American troops in Afghanistan for several more years, this growing desire to bring all the troops home could quickly become a serious political liability for Obama in 2012.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in May, 2007: “If the Iraqi government ever decides they want us to leave…then certainly we would comply with their wishes, they are a duly elected sovereign government.”

By: Friday July 11, 2008 11:19 am

Ok, so does this count Mitch?:Associated Press: Iraq’s national security adviser says his country will not accept any deal with the United States unless the agreement sets specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. [Associated Press, 7/8/08]Reuters: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday raised the prospect of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.

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