Obama, Hillary: What to Do With Iraq

Here is an interesting article about withdrawing from Iraq, and the vagueness perpetuated by both Democratic candidates.

Can the Democrats be prepared to withdraw under any of these circumstances?

For now, they say, the answer is yes.

“Nothing is risk-free,” said Lee Feinstein, the national security director for the Clinton campaign, about the potential for chaos and violence if Americans leave. “But the risks of an indefinite blank check to Iraq are clear.”

“Obviously, we have concern for the situation in Iraq,” said Susan Rice, a foreign policy adviser to Mr. Obama. “But to take that logic to its extreme, we would stay there indefinitely till there is ‘kumbaya.’ We can’t physically do that. It’s impossible.”

Both campaigns argue that the promise of withdrawal is the only real leverage that the United States can exert on Iraqis to make political progress happen, and that a sustained presence will strain the military and distract from national security priorities in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan.

A pretty neutral (he calls McCain's plan unrealistic) look at the situation the Democratic party is in.

Iraq: No win situation?

Where I found this article:
Real Clear Politics