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    AFP
    February 27, 2009

    President Barack Obama heeded the US military’s advice in deciding to postpone by three months the pullout of most US troops from Iraq beyond a promised 16-month deadline, his defense secretary said Friday.

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    Obama chose to slow the pace of withdrawal after hearing the views of the commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, as well as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the Pentagon chief told reporters.

    “Frankly, this is where both the chairman and I thought this should come out,” Gates said in a telephone conference.

    “And it was a very thorough, deliberative process where a lot of different options and a lot of different analysis were examined,” he said.

    Military commanders in Iraq, “particularly General Odierno,” expressed concern that pulling out under the 16-month timeline by May 2010 could leave US forces short-handed at a sensitive time after crucial national elections in December, he said.

    “The real concern has been, how do we get through this year and all of the elections that will take place, beginning with the district and sub-district elections early in the summer, the national elections at the end of the year, and have a period of adjustment after those national elections to make sure people are accepting the results,” Gates said.

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    27 Responses to “Gates: Obama deferred to military’s advice on Iraq”

    1. Holy ghost Says:

      Well i think this is about IT!!!

      http://911truth-sherbrooke.org.....erbergers/

    2. jerry76 Says:

      THIS STORY MAYBE TRUE BUT WERE NOT LVIG THAT PLACE AT ALL.. AMAZING THAT THE CNBC ,MSNBC JERKOFFS WERE BITCHING AB OUT BUSH BUT NOW THERE DEAD SILENT ABOUT OBAMA… TOTAL SCAM FOR ANYONEWHO WAS BAMBOZZELED BY OBAMA MANIA…U DESERVE YOUR FEMA CAMPS…BITCHS….IT IS TIME TO STAND UP !! TAKE BACK YOUR NEIGHBHOOD,YOUR CITY YOUR COUNTY,YOUR STATE..YOUR NEIGHBORS…YOUR COUNTRY DONT WE OWE SOMETHING TO ALL THE BRAVE MEN THAT DIED IN WW2!!!! WW1!!!!! WAR OF 1812… COME ON LETS GO 1776!!! ALL DAY.././…… USA#1

    3. John D. Says:

      If the people in Iraq don’t accept the results of their own election then they would be in the same boat as most of us, right? Maybe we need troops to calm us down too…..Bring on martial law. The sooner the better before we are stripped of anything more.

    4. Social Viability Says:

      Criminals

      “The real concern has been, how do we get through this year and all of the elections that will take place…”

      Translation:
      “The real concern has been how to keep the Military Industrial Complex profits up. We have to allow enough time for combat to really take off in Afghanistan.”

      Criminals run your society and all you have to do to dissolve their power is stop using their money. The money is the control mechanism that keeps all of us economically enslaved. When we stop using the currency that they supply to us, the Federal Reserve will dissolve and the politicians they employ will be out of a job.

      Don’t fight the system:
      Replace it
      http://socialviability.com/

    5. Lucas Says:

      Even though this literally speaks of Israel, I think it can apply to the current spirit of the United States. We have lost our way.

      Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
      [3] The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
      [4] Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
      [5] Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
      [6] From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
      [7] Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
      [8] And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
      [9] Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
      [10] Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
      [11] To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
      [12] When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
      [13] Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
      [14] Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
      [15] And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
      [16] Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
      [17] Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
      [18] Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
      [19] If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
      [20] But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
      [21] How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
      [22] Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
      [23] Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
      [24] Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
      [25] And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
      [26] And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
      [27] Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
      [28] And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
      [29] For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
      [30] For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
      [31] And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

    6. Gary Says:

      “Deferred,” my ass! Both Obama and the Pentagon are simply following the script written for them by their bankster overlords.

    7. Ditto Says:

      They didn’t build the world’s biggest embassy in Baghdad for nothing….they are not planning on leaving for the forseeable future.

    8. BlazeMatrix Says:

      Buzz, Buzz —- Buzz!
      August 31 2010? Hum? Obama: “By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.” Voice over MPR’ish…..
      Well, Move from Iraq to the US, old mission to new mission!

      Take Care,
      BM

    9. Boston Revolutionairy Says:

      Amendment 9 – Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.

      The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

      ——————————————————————————–

      Amendment 10 – Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

      The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

    10. Ditto Says:

      Obama will f--- you in the ass and the rest of us. I personally don’t think god cares for obama.

    11. Bob Says:

      obamas weekly youtube spam the s--- out of it
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTbT3LzNmDA

    12. GABRIAL (DEATH) Says:

      The history of wars controlled by politics is best illistrated by VIETNAM! The police action (WAR) that led to the vietnam syndrome, which was supposed to be the AMERICAN CONSCIENCE!

      When generals & military leaders claim they can’t pull out of a war due to political ramifications involving elections, YOU KNOW SOMETHING STINKS WORSE THEN EVER!

      The president could order an immediate withdrawal. In case the dumbed down people of america can’t remember; G. H. W. did it in 91.

      They spirited 500,000 troops & tons of TONS of equipment off to kuwait & then marched it all into iraq & then about 12 days later brought it all back home to AMERICA!

      I’ve heard the banksters say “it’ll cost too much”! I’ve heard the mil. say that “it’s too complex with so much equipment ie. buildings & stuff”. So they plan to take down buildings & ship the destroyed or dismantled material back to america? And now though we’ve heard the politicians make political excuses for not stopping & bringing our soldiers home now, we have to hear our mil. commanders & leaders make the same political excuses. The mil. knows it can bring it ALL HOME NOW! However they’re going along with the politicians because it’s a power play of WAR PROFITEERING & TOTAL POLICED STATE CONTROL.

      The average american should be able to spot this without any doubt however, HAARP, E.L.F. , V.L.F. , & MICROWAVE have made it possible to control most of us so that we don’t know what’s going on even when it’s right in front of our faces.

      I suppose if our neighbors refuse to listen to reason about false flag terror & the war on freedom, then perhaps you / we can all remind our neighbors that the excuses to keep soldiers & equipment in iraq due to money &/or politics is a red herring. Remind them that we’ve pulled out on a moments notice before in other nations as well. We move troops & equipment all over the world on a moments notice constantly. & the politicians & mil. don’t seem to concerned of the ramifications due from their URBAN WARFARE TESTS either. They don’t complain about what it costs mil. or political, to hold these massive endevors of elite urban “SLAVESTATE” training exercises!

      I KNOW ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN! THERE IS NO FEAR! THE N.W.O. IS LOSING AS WE SPEAK & WILL BE SMASHED INTO JUNK!!!

      Broken Halo One Wing Dipped In Blood

      deosnt matter Reply:

      Wow…you are so ignorant and pretty much insane…I’m not going to try to reason with you, but you might want to do some reading up on counterinsurgency operations and the importance of political stability for success. But believe what you want to believe, if it makes you feel more insightful. CONSPIRACY! right?

    13. hayat Says:

      watche

    14. ! Says:

      The Death Program…And How To Stop It!

      Ages 0-9

      You are told the average life span of a human.. This imprints your conscious mind with a “Death Program” for (literally) the rest of your life.

      Ages 10-19

      This is the decade of New Beginnings. These are your teen years when you are out exploring the world, never giving much thought to the Death Program that is now running through your subconscious mind. You may have to answer a question or two about this is your science class from time to time.

      Ages 20- 29

      This is the decade of Duality. You learn the positive and negatives of life as you enter into adulthood. The Death Program is running but you tend to block it out of your conscious mind until you approach the end of your 20s. Then you start thinking about what you haven’t accomplished, realizing that “the rest of your life” isn’t that long!

      Ages 30-39

      This is the decade of Perfection of earlier learning. The Death Program speeds up. It tells you that your life is most likely half-over. You worry about your health (worry creates dis-ease) and start to notice how others are “aging” compared to you. You may help contribute to a worthy health cause—walking for cancer awareness, raising money for MS, donating blood, etc. because you realize that “some day this may be you.” Women reach the end of their child-bearing years. They are now “old.”

      Ages 40-49

      This is the decade of Physical Reality. Often your financial picture improves or the direction you need to go in life becomes clearer. In the meantime, the Death Program creates mid-life crises, saying that you are officially in middle age. You decide you better take better care of your health so you don’t wind up like everyone else you know. You read the health articles wherever you see them to make sure you don’t have the symptoms of some dreaded disease. These articles often promote fear, and fear creates dis-ease.

      Ages 50-59

      This is the decade of self-healing. You have now lived long enough that you consider yourself “wiser” than those with less life experience. You no longer care as much about what others think. You speak out easier for yourself. You may have more time for yourself as you settle into your career. You feel more confident and competent—until the AARP mailings and retirement brochures start rolling in, depicting little old bent over people with canes. The Death Program goes visual and you fight you response.

      Ages 60-69

      This is the decade to end the series of cycles that may be running your life. This is the opportunity to end the old—which some people manifest as the end of good health, the end of viable relationships, the end of careers, and the Death Program says you are getting closer to the end of your life—better get prepared. People reach retirement age—they are now cast aside and are “old.”

      Ages 70-79

      This is the decade of Completion. According to the Death Program now becoming increasingly active, what you learned as a child is about to come true. You are reaching the end of the life span of the average human. You either give in or do your best to beat the odds. Most people forget that Completion means one door closing and another opening—unless it is the door to Heaven.

      Ages 80-89

      This is the decade of your Oversoul. Your Oversoul is your point of origin out of the Mind of God (or your Higher Power, if you prefer that verbiage). This is the decade when you most naturally consciously connect to your power Source. Rather than stay here and utilize this powerful and natural connection, what a great time for the Death Program to kick in, telling you its time to connect in another reality.

      Ages 90-99

      This is the decade that ends all cycles since birth. If you haven’t left yet, it’s time for the “big heave-ho” to get out the door. Otherwise, what a wealth of information and history you contain! If you are still healthy and of sound mind, what an influence you could be to the “new crop” of worker bees arriving into this reality, now ages 0-9. The Death Program is running full speed ahead now, pushing you right through Heaven’s Gate.

      Ages 100 Plus

      New beginnings –but the Death Program has already shown you that you do not want to live this long. You will be alone, ill, and with no one to take care of you. They do NOT want you to be a LIVING STOREHOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE that can influence generations. The Death Program is designed so that you absolutely DO NOT follow through on this path of New Beginnings—if you make it this far.

      …AND HOW TO STOP IT!

      Refuse to participate in the DEATH PROGRAM!

      Ancient peoples, from the Bible to Atlantis and Lemuria were rumored to have lived for hundreds of years—what happened??

      Develop your awareness that the Death Program exists for a reason. Refuse to participate and learn to reverse the process. Ancient peoples, from Biblical Times to Atlantis and Lemuria were rumored to have lived for hundreds of year –is this a possibility for you, too?

      Release your experiences as they occur up to their point of origin –your Oversoul, God-Mind, or whatever you call your Higher Power. Carrying the experiences of your past fills you up, creates weight, changes relationships, redirects career paths, affects financial pictures, distorts the mind and body, and recreates the beautiful body into which you were born into something else.

      If you don’t empty out while you are here so you are ready for year 100, then you need to go out of the body to do this—and the Death Program wins again.

      Your mind is the most effective tool you have for building yourself up or tearing yourself down. You have the tool. You already own it. It is FREE. Use it appropriately and the Death Program turns on Itself, killing IT instead of YOU!

      - Janet Swerdlow

      http://www.expansions.com/BBF.cfm

    15. .dj.o.r.b. Says:

      fcuk o”BAAAA”ma + his zio-neo-scum criminal cronies !!!

      Info-Warriors …………………………. victory or death !!!!!!

      It’s revolution time :)

    16. Unity!! Says:

      There is a group of people growing in numbers
      by the day, uniting right now to defend freedom!

      http://www.warnthepeople.org/sign-up.html

    17. ! (John) Says:

      The Future
      Posted: February, 28, 2009
      Can you tell a person’s future via a body scan or consultation? Or just their tendencies; talents, abilities, etc.?
      Before I arrange for a scan, I would like to know this. Thanks!
      Stewart’s Reply: I do all. But you must remember that the future is not in stone. It changes as you change.

      Cancer Cure
      Posted: February, 28, 2009
      Amygdalin aka Laetrile aka B-17
      Is it true? THE cure/preventative for cancer?

      Thanks so much for your great work!

      Jack jclbiz@yahoo.com
      Stewart’s Reply: The only cure for cancer is the removal of the resentment that created it. All else is a band-aid.

      http://www.expansions.com/Arch.....P=2009-2-1

    18. truther Says:

      I have an urgent message for infowars, more important than any message you can

      hear. God is Holy and cannot accept sin. Why are there famine, disasters,

      death, etc in the world? Mans REBELLION against God! God wrote the law on each

      man’s heart so they are without excuse on judgment day when we will ALL stand

      before Christ. I plead with you because God wants me to show you the truth in

      love! All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God(Romans 3:23). The

      penalty of sin is death and eternal punishment in the LAKE OF FIRE. You are

      dead in your sins and headed for hell which is described in the Word as a FIRE

      THAT QUENCHES NOT. It is a horrible and terrible place of torment that people

      will go because of their sins. But God has provided a way for each to escape

      the lake of fire. “For God so loved the world, He sent his only Begotten Son,

      that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life”

      John 3:16. Jesus suffered a horrible death and rose again 3 days later to take

      the penalty of YOUR sins! He loved you so much that He provided a way for man

      to escape the lake of fire! All you must do to be saved is BELIEVE in Him(trust

      in Him to save you). That is it! No works or anything you do can save you! May

      God open your eyes, that one day I may see you in heaven. Read the Word of

      God(I recommend the King James version) before rejecting it! Death is fleeting.

      You may NOT have tomorrow! For death comes when we least expect it! Make sure

      you are saved TODAY! The Bible condemns the rich, the wealthy, those who take

      advantage of the poor, so it CANNOT have been made up by the elite. Because the

      Word clearly CONDEMNS people such as those! Read the Word for yourself and see

      that the claims are true!!!

      I am a Christian, and STILL struggle with sin. Many so called Christians are

      arrogant and hypocritical and think they have it all together. It is my desire

      to do RIGHT as a Christian but will falter just like anyone else.

      P.S.-the jesus-is-savior(dot com) site btw, agrees about the govt conspiracy

      and exposes 911 being and inside job and the corruption of the govt.

      Click on my “truther” name to find out how to be saved!

    19. gravel kucinich paul nader Says:

      Military defers to CinC…

      nader paul kucinich gravel Reply:

      NOT CinC defers to Military!

      gravel kucinich paul nader Reply:

      The Puppet in front of the curtain.

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    22. TheKingOfTexas Says:

      WHO IS THE KING OF TEXAS
      I will show myself on April 22 in Waco Texas at the massacre site. I am calling as many Christians of this nation who can find the time to come and see what it is that you don’t even know that you want.
      I have the answers for the Christians who have never been defended by their government but have rather been oppressed by their so called government of freedom.
      I also have the answers to the current generated economic crisis. This is a peaceful gathering for YHWH our God. But you might want to bring a firearm just in case. After all let us not forget what they did to us in Waco. MAY OUR LORD JESUS BE WITH YOU FRIEND.

      I realize it is off topic please forgive me.

    23. CBM Fan Says:

      This kind of says it all (in under 4 minutes):
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw5dP5gy2Vs

      Click on ‘CBM Fan’ to download it for free…

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