[BITList] us tropps exiting iraq

[x50type at cox.net]

              America fails to transform the middle east with military might........................!!
              it gave a new meaning to the term ‘mission accomplished’.................which was nothing to do with any accomplishment. 
              however this was said by the most ignorant president the US has ever had – so it was a big word he had not seen before!
              ct


              Reporting from Washington and Beirut— 

              By declaring that the last American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, President Obama signaled the official close to one of the longest, most politically contentious wars in U.S. history — and the end to an American attempt to transform the Middle East with military might.

              The soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines will leave behind a stumbling young democracy, still beset by sectarian violence and tilting closer to its neighbor, Iran, a bitter U.S. foe.

              They will return home to a country that has largely turned inward to face its own economic problems, and which long ago lost heart in a war fought in the name of protecting the world from weapons of mass destruction that were never found.     [despite the assurance of rumsfeld, rove  and cheney]

              Obama promised Friday that the remaining 40,000 U.S. troops would be "home for the holidays," fulfilling a campaign promise but also acceding to the reality of a depleted treasury and overwhelming American public opinion. And the step reflected the political fact that Iraq demanded an end to the U.S. presence.

              The Iraq war will be remembered as a stubborn, shifting campaign to restructure a society that had been held together for decades through tyrannical force. It was set against an ever-dangerous landscape of remote-controlled bombs, unbearable heat and uncertain alliances.

              Iraq brought a new lexicon to American English: "war of choice," "shock and awe," "IED," "coalition of the willing," "surge." It gave new meaning to the term "mission accomplished," which was emblazoned on a banner behind President George W. Bush as he welcomed home a returning aircraft carrier in May 2003, six weeks after the war had begun and when victory seemed at hand.
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