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Obama Sets End of Iraq Combat For August 31st
eldavojohn writes "President Barack Obama has announced that on August 31st the United States will cease all combat operations in Iraq, although 50,000 troops will remain until the end of 2011. It's been a long seven-and-a-half years, with no guarantee of this announcement actually signifying the end of violence. Pundits are already speculating on whether or not this withdrawal speech is 'Mission Accomplished 2.' It's possibly the most significant confirmation of and commitment to a withdrawal the world will hear from the United States in Iraq."
You're kidding, right? It guarantees that the few remaining insurgent groups will prepare for the date, and then attack with whatever they have left. That's why you *don't have a specific date* nor do you release your plans to the enemy.
No coincidence, nope nothing to see here. Move along.
Unlike chickenhawk Republicans, Obama will NOT be playing politics with our soldiers' lives.
No sir.
No Him.
And now, our buddies in the UK are decentralizing their healthcare because the quality of their socialized healthcare sucks.
No, it's being decentralised because the current lot of far-right fruitcakes have figured out that it's their best chance at selling off what was left after the previous lot of far-right fruitcakes sold off public assets.
Unfortunately, we appear to be moving towards the same third-world system as the US has, where you have to pay for all your healthcare in cash up front.
And now, our buddies in the UK are decentralizing their healthcare because the quality of their socialized healthcare sucks.
No, their problem is that it doesn't suck enough. They want it to suck as much as yours.
Obama's whole first year was a pointless waste.
That's your opinion. I think it was filled with monumental accomplishments given the obstructionist policy of your party.
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
I mean, correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't this the plan outlined by former President Bush.
Only difference is if a man with a [D] after his name does it. The media will praise him. If a man with an [R] after his name does it, they'll demonize and attack him.
You think the President is responsible for the recession? Get a grip, moron.
The really scary thing to Europeans, is that people of the US have been conditioned to think socialism is a synonym for bad, to the extent that some institute trying to prove (falsely) that the current administration's health care plans are socialist is a viable tactic. In the rest of the world, saying the health plan was socialist would just get a shrug (and some corrections from those that understood what Socialism actually means). In the US, supporters of the plan have to scurry to prove that it isn't socialist.
It's a shame the plan isn't socialist, btw. The US pays far more than most of the world per capita for its health care than most Western European countries which have socialised care.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.