Not Just a Team of Rivals Victory lesson for Obama.

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:29 AM EST

Article Source: National Review Online

politics, bush, the-surge, abe-lincoln, obama-withdrawing-troops

During the campaign, President-Elect Obama criticized many of the Bush administration's security policies and has indicated that he may reverse at least some of them. He was adamant that despite the undeniable success of the Iraq surge, he plans to withdraw U.S. troops from that country within 16 months. Although the reality on the ground may cause him to modify this plan, many believe the success in Iraq is in danger of being reversed if US forces are drawn down precipitously. This holds for many antiterrorist operations as well.

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But George W. Bush is president until 20 January, 2009. If he believes the security of the United States may be threatened by the policies of his successor, what should he do? At a minimum, he should look to Abraham Lincoln who, in the summer of 1864, faced a similar problem.
In fact, Lincoln believed that he would not be reelected in November, and that his successor, George McClellan, formerly the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, would pursue some sort of a negotiated settlement with the Confederacy at the behest of the substantial “peace wing” of the Democratic Party — the so-called Copperheads.

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