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So the great Republican Senator, Chuck Hagel (ed note: Who?) has voted with the Dumbacrats for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Senator Joe, "Uh, Define Plagiarism", Biden joined him in this epic decision. Well let's look back to see where these stooges were in oh, say, 2002. Through the wonders of the Internet we can do that....even humble Bears like yours truly from their caves in the wild can do this...so here's what we found.

Although no one doubts our forces will prevail over Saddam Hussein's, key regional leaders confirm what the Foreign Relations Committee emphasized in its Iraq hearings last summer: The most challenging phase will likely be the day after -- or, more accurately, the decade after -- Saddam Hussein.

Once he is gone, expectations are high that coalition forces will remain in large numbers to stabilize Iraq and support a civilian administration. That presence will be necessary for several years, given the vacuum there, which a divided Iraqi opposition will have trouble filling and which some new Iraqi military strongman must not fill. Various experts have testified that as many as 75,000 troops may be necessary, at a cost of up to $ 20 billion a year. That does not include the cost of the war itself, or the effort to rebuild Iraq.

So in 2002 we have these two pillars of virtue admitting:

A). There was a plan or at the very least discussion of the troubles in post victory Iraq in 2001.

B). Ten years of occupation to allow for stabilization of the country was conceded

C). Ongoing troop deployment in Iraq

D). 20 billion a year (not including $100 billion or so in Democrat pork projects).

And now back to the future.

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