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Obama Promises End of US Combat in Iraq

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Obama Promises End of U.S. Combat in Iraq


President Barack Obama will be bringing good news to the American people this month: the end of U.S. fighting in Iraq.

And it won't come soon enough.

Though a force of 50,000 soldiers will remain in Iraq for now, all troops are scheduled to leave by the end of the year.

But while the troop pullout is to be celebrated, the ongoing violence that rocks Iraq on a daily basis underscores how huge of a mistake this entire war effort was from the beginning.

What exactly was accomplished by this fighting? Beyond the senseless waste of life, money and focus, nothing comes to mind.

Obama has said he will divert much of the Iraqi combat operation to the fighting in Afghanistan, where the president said, "We're focused on goals that are clear and achievable."

The president must see something that I and a majority of Americans don't. While the war in Afghanistan originally had a more reasonable goal -- crushing al-Qaeda after the World Trade Center attacks -- that goal now seems muddled.

It seems to be getting more and more difficult to tell who the bad guys are and who is on our side.

Obama deserves kudos for cleaning up the mess left by the former president, but let's hope he isn't wearing the same set of blinders in Afghanistan that George W. Bush was wearing when, against all logic and reason, he started the Iraq nightmare.



 

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