[B][url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/21/141590282/obama-to-address-iraq-troop-withdrawal?sc=fb&cc=fp[/url]

So this is good news. [/B]

Re: All U.S. Troops Will Withdraw From Iraq By Year's End

Yes. Finally. That's why I bumped this thread... from 2004:

[URL]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?1116-U.S.-transfers-sovereignty-to-Iraq-2-days-early[/URL]

Re: All U.S. Troops Will Withdraw From Iraq By Year's End

I'll believe it when I see it.

But seriously, get them out!

Re: All U.S. Troops Will Withdraw From Iraq By Year's End

Time's running out to find those weapons eh?

Re: All U.S. Troops Will Withdraw From Iraq By Year's End

Soo, hundreds of thousands dead, and a country that is even more fucked than it was before.That worked out well !

Nothing mentioned there about rebuilding what has been destroyed in this war. I hope it just a oversight by the reporter.

Re: All U.S. Troops Will Withdraw From Iraq By Year's End

[QUOTE=bobjuice;998019]Time's running out to find those weapons eh?[/QUOTE] I heard some chatter about Syria. ;-) Seriously, Iraq (Saddam in particular) should've been dismantled in the 90s when they invaded Kuwait. Without energy independence from the Middle East and considering the importance of oil flow from that area, it is no wonder the job was ultimately finished.

For those bitching from comfortable armchairs about how conditions there are worse now than they were under Saddam, let me just say I'm not surprised. The reality is that there are both improvements and setbacks, unless you only get your news from a single (biased) source.

On the other hand, the Sunnis and Shiites should be walled off and left to battle amongst themselves (I would say the same for the Repubs/Dems in Washington).