Reply #18: He's been saying that for a long time! [View All]

[Breeze54]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/22/bush_says_iraq_pullout_up_to_future_presidents/?page=1

Bush says Iraq pullout up to 'future presidents'
Warns leaving too soon would boost Al Qaeda
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | March 22, 2006

WASHINGTON --

President Bush suggested yesterday that US troops might stay in Iraq beyond his presidency,
which ends in 2009, saying at a press conference that the issue of removing troops from
the country "will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq."

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He never planned an exit strategy. Why would he need one?
He has never planned on leaving from the beginning!