Obama has finally announced the end of United States military occupation of Iraq:
All US troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama has announced.
He ordered a complete withdrawal from the country, nearly nine years after the invasion under President George W Bush.
This would be far better news if it didn’t likely mean our troops will be replaced by private contractors from the likes of Blackwater Xe. I’m actually willing to bet money that we’re going to increase the number of mercenaries in the region which means we’ll still be dumping untold trillions into this ill-fated war.
This is his last ditch effort to get re-elected in 2012. Pathetic. Unfortunately, it may actually work and help him gain some of his supporters back.
People do have short memories so they’re probably going to go, “See Obama got us out of Iraq! CHANGE!” These same people will then begin to disregard Libya where Obama went even further than Bush by completely bypassing Congress when sending military assets to the country.
Last year I heard that the date for the pull out date was next September!! 0.0;