Matt Northrup
2/27/09
3:48 PM
On Friday, President Obama announced that he plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. forces from Iraq by 2010. Between 35,000 and 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq, but will be withdrawn gradually until all American troops are removed by the end of 2011. Obama gave the announcement in Camp Lejune, North Carolina. "We sent our troops to Iraq to do away with Saddam Hussein's regime and you got the job done,” he said, referring to the soldiers. By leaving Iraq, Obama plans to hand over power to the Iraqi government, and removing American influence from the nation.
In my opinion, the removal of U.S. troops from Iraq is a long overdue action. Despite some minor success in Iraq, for the most part the war has just been a drain on the U.S. American forces have spent far too long in Iraq, and so far the timetables for troop removal set up by the previous administration have been largely ignored. It is very comforting to have our president set up some definite timetables for removal. Next month will mark the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war, and as far as I’m concerned, it has been six years too long; when it comes to ending this war, the sooner the better.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/obama.troops/index.html
2 comments:
I believe that transfering troops from Iraq to Pakastain is a bold and potenitally a good move for Obama to make. I wouldn't say that I fully agree with this movement for the very fact of how unstable Iraq still is. I know most of our conflict does not lie in Iraq but I still think that a drastic about of troops leaving will not help. Iraq is going through a recession that is leaving harsh marks on the Iraqi government. The are having to pospone many of their infastructure projects that will help improve their water utilities and education. I don't think that the Iraqi government is ready to stand on its own; atleast not until they are recovering better due to the global recession.
Thats some very good news to hear. I really dont understand why we still have troops over there. Are we at Wat? I know my friends were in Iraq for a year. And he called me like everyday, so he couldnt have doing that much over there. Being over there may just be pointless.
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