He Is Ending The War

[Hutzpa]

plain and simple, he did not say anything about living 50,000 or 20,000 troops
behind, he stated categorically that come August 31st 2010 all American troops
should be back home.

So to all those warmongers, hope you got the message loud and clear.

HE IS ENDING THE BUSH WAR.....PERIOD!

[Renew Deal]

1. He didn't say all troops would be home by Aug. 31, 2010

He said "combat operations" would end.

[Hutzpa]

3. Yet

there was no mention of how many will stay behind, which is what my
argument is about.

[Avalux]

2. Combat troops home by 8/10 w/35k to 50k troops remaining until 12/11.

All troops home by 12/11. Not as soon as I'd like but yes - he is ending the war in Iraq.

[Hutzpa]

4. He said

all troops home by 2010...August 31st 2010, I didn't hear 2011,
where are you getting that from???

[Avalux]

6. Maybe you didn't hear the last part of it. Here -

article supporting what I wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_iraq

[backscatter712]

5. Definitely encouraging!

It's about time we ramp down the clusterfuck in Iraq. Bring our troops home!

Ah, just read the article - looks like those 50,000 non-combat troops will be coming home by 2011. AWESOME!!!

I do still want to see an exit strategy in Afghanistan. While I do want to see Al Qaeda in particular, as well as their Taliban enablers smacked down, I don't want us caught in yet another bloody game of Whack-A-Mole.