<html><body> <DIV>Whatever official rationalization may be used, if a Dem gets elected President, the Dem leadership will tell themselves (and their supportive base) that if they pull the US troops out of   Iraq, they will be vulnerable because they will be accused by Repugs of  "losing Iraq." LBJ, it must be remembered, was afraid of the same thing, of being accused of  losing Vietnam. SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <critical.montages@gmail.com> <BR><BR><BR>> <BR>> What worries me about this state of affairs is that presidents don't <BR>> like to see military losses land on their watch. If a Democrat wins in <BR>> '08, bet on it, an excuse will be found to keep the troops there. <BR>> -- <BR>> Yoshie <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>