Get ready to laugh.

Ready?

In 2008, Pres. George W. Bush announced that according to a signed agreement with Baghdad, well publicized by Iraqi media, all U.S. troops should be out Iraq by the end of 2011:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7577730.stm

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2009/07/are_we_done_yet.html


Yesterday, comparatively sane Republican Mitt Romney observed that the current (Democratic) President's announcement of troop withdrawal by the end of 2011 is "an astonishing failure" that plays straight into the hands of Iran:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-calls-obama-iraq-decision-an-astonishing-failure/2011/10/21/g

Meanwhile, Republican candidate Rick Perry says he'd never announce a withdrawal date because it aids the enemy:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/rick-perry-talks-iraq-and-his-love-affair-with-guns/

I could go on, but you get the picture.