August 31st, Out Of Iraq

[Jubbie]

BBC News - Obama confirms plan for US troop withdrawal from Iraq

50,000 will stay till end of 2011.



If this is already posted somewhere and I missed it, sorry, and IBTL.

 

[ihateiraq]

judging by the amount of construction that was going on on al-bakir airbase when i left, theres going to be an american presence there long past 2011.

 

[mrjarrell]

judging by the amount of construction that was going on on al-bakir airbase when i left, theres going to be an american presence there long past 2011.

Gee...you mean Obama lied about getting the guys and gals home? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

(On the upside, at least some of them [STRIKE]will[/STRIKE] may be coming back, before they're transferred to the 'Stan).

 

[ihateiraq]

before they're transferred to the 'Stan

thats the kicker. regardless of what he does in iraq, deployment levels wont be declining at all.

 

[gunowner930]

Gee...you mean Obama lied about getting the guys and gals home? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

(On the upside, at least some of them [strike]will[/strike] may be coming back, before they're transferred to the 'Stan).

Al Asad airbase in western Iraq is pretty well built up too. I think the decision to establish permanent bases in Iraq was made long before Obama got into office.

 

[SavageEagle]

thats the kicker. regardless of what he does in iraq, deployment levels wont be declining at all.

I figured as much. Especially since some guys from Indiana I know are getting ready to go back for their 3rd-4th-5th time.

 

[Jubbie]

Goes along with how the Democrats took control of the Senate & House a few years back. Swore they'd make the change and block spending on the wars. Obama's numbers keep dropping along with supporters, so he'll just say he's cutting back. After the end of the year elections he'll announce another surge.

 

[cyberwild360]

Marines are pretty much out of Iraq. We have 150 something Marines at last count. But our deployments to Afghanistan are on the climb.

 

[ihateiraq]

Marines are pretty much out of Iraq. We have 150 something Marines at last count. But our deployments to Afghanistan are on the climb.

everyones deployments to afghanistan are on the climb. wont be too long before weve got the coast guard over there en masse.

 

[E5RANGER375]

george bush decided to turn the national guard into full out combat units, effectively skirting another draft so he could wage his war and start the war profiteers making their money.

 

[MilitaryArms]

He's claiming all "combat operations" will cease on Sept 1st.

That doesn't mean we're leaving Iraq, because we're not. We're there for the foreseeable future.

Our military will still have bases there, and they will still run patrols under the pretense of protecting those assets. We'll still have "military advisers" and we'll still have small units conducting various missions.

It's a political announcement coming in an election year where Obama is desperate for votes. His last promise was to end the war in Iraq by August of this year. Prior to that, during the campaign for President he promised an earlier time-line.

It's all a ruse to win votes.

Regardless, he's just going to send those troops to Afghanistan to continue that decade old war.

 

[E5RANGER375]

He's claiming all "combat operations" will cease on Sept 1st.

That doesn't mean we're leaving Iraq, because we're not. We're there for the foreseeable future.

Our military will still have bases there, and they will still run patrols under the pretense of protecting those assets. We'll still have "military advisers" and we'll still have small units conducting various missions.

It's a political announcement coming in an election year where Obama is desperate for votes. His last promise was to end the war in Iraq by August of this year. Prior to that, during the campaign for President he promised an earlier time-line.

It's all a ruse to win votes.

Regardless, he's just going to send those troops to Afghanistan to continue that decade old war.

it's because war is a BIG money maker for the people who own our politicians. they wont let him end the war. not that he realy cares anyways, nor did Bush, nor any forseable future president from a mainstream political party. lies and money. The founding fathers warned us this would happen if we let banks take control.