Bush to pull 8,000 U.S. troops from Iraq

Tuesday 09th September, 06:41 AM JST

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moderateguy2008 at 12:53 AM JST - 10th September

Madverts-There was the coalition of the willing, lest we forget. The strongest and largest group of nations all allied in the fight against terror.

Saddam was killed before he could attack us.

Bin Laden will be facing justice soon, you bet your bottom dollar buddy!
moderateguy2008 at 12:55 AM JST - 10th September

WhiteHawk- It`s like talking to a brick wall.

liberals cannot face the facts even when staring them straight in the face.

Iraq is almost safe, now Iran and Pakistan backed Taliban, you`re next , with Bin Laden.
ColAmerica at 12:58 AM JST - 10th September

WhiteHawk and ModerateGuy2008- Great posts from both of you, true patriots!

Iraq is more secure by the week, it is a success story, the Dems dont want to admint it though. They dont even agree that the surge was pure genius.
Madverts at 01:00 AM JST - 10th September

"Iraq is almost safe"

Almost?

Hehn that's good.
Madverts at 01:01 AM JST - 10th September

Sorry, the 3.2 soldiers from Muldavia and the 50 vodka suppers from Gerogia made all the difference.

When 15 members of your so-called coalition don't want to be named, heh, you know your arguments' as weak as a day old giraffe...
adaydream at 01:26 AM JST - 10th September

SuperLib - There will alwys be critism, good or bad, when george bush does something with troops in Iraq.

Either the republuicans will worship his efforts.

Or the left will point out the part they don't agree with.

But I guess your posts aren't critism at all.

But I see again that you agree with and support george bush's policies and actions.

Bring the troops home from Iraq. Support Afghanistan properly. < :-)
adaydream at 01:30 AM JST - 10th September

Bring the troops home and properly support the actions in Afghanistan, the country that allowed the attack on the U. S. < :-)
ColAmerica at 01:31 AM JST - 10th September

adaydream- The troops will leave Iraq when the president decides it is safe to do so. Iraq will not be left undefended against Iran and their Taliban and Pakistani allies.

Afghanistan will have an increase in troops, they will do a better job there. The surge was such a success, Iraq is almost pacified.
adaydream at 01:39 AM JST - 10th September

This has been a hyped war from the beginning. Bringing home 8,000 troops isn't enough. Going back into Afghanistan and doing the job right is something that george bush has no idea how to do. < :-)
adaydream at 01:41 AM JST - 10th September

Awwww, Iraq is almost pacified. So sweet. < :-)
moderateguy2008 at 02:16 AM JST - 10th September

The 8,000 troops can now have a well earned break, they did a great job, and i totally support them.

Bush makes tough decisions seem easy, with his relaxed style. has anyone ever seen sucha modest president?
Taka313 at 07:00 AM JST - 10th September

Smoke and mirrors. This is an empty declaration for one. And, it's a plan that actually takes the troops out of Iraq at a slower pace than originally anticipated.

Legacy boy is getting desperate and will say anything to avoid the tag that should be branded on his forehead:

W.P.E.

Taka
rjd_jr at 07:42 AM JST - 10th September

Great to see how the pro war crowd seems to cover their bases as it sees fit.

As stated before, they scream at people who dare mention anything negative about the situation in Iraq, saying things are great, liberal negativity, etc. etc.

Then when you say, fine, let's bring all the troops home, then they scream, nooooooo, we can't do that, it will be chaos, etc. etc. etc.

How utterly convenient. I'll say it forever, easy for the armchair generals sitting on their computers to best judge how our troops should be utilized, they are not the ones risking life and limb day in and day out, year in and year out for something the Iraqis should have been doing years ago, something that a pre school child could learn to do in weeks.
JoeBigs at 12:04 PM JST - 10th September
WhiteHawk at 12:45 AM JST - 10th September Like fighting Germany and Japan at the same time?

Hm I must re-read my history books because I could swear the US was not the sole provider of troops in WWII. Or 90% of the troops fighting in both theaters...

Let us do the math
1. US 19,000,000
2. USSR 35,000,000
3. British Commonwealth 11,000,000
4. Chinese Communist could not find the figures
5. Chinese Nationalist same here
Look like that in WW II the US supplied maybe 25% of the troops

Now let us take a look at the Iraq War and the other war, you know the one where Bin Laden is hiding in.

Hmmm something real odd here, it looks like the US makes up 90% of the troops. Let us see in WWII we made up 25% or of the troops while in O.I.L. we make up 90%.

The US is in a two front war and there is no way of trying to say we are not. The dangerous part of this is that some folks think it is not harming our Military readiness by doing this.

We have already began to see the result of placing our assets in too many locations.

This has made our "Friends" the Russians bold enough to make a move against one of our allies. If we had stayed in the right theater instead of making such a fool hardy move as to invade Iraq when we did Russia would have stayed in its place.

But now we have Putin and their Military thinking we are weak.

Bush and his pitbull are not the brightest bulbs in the lamp and they proved it by their actions in the past. Greed leads this administration and most Republicans. Just ask Ted Stevens......

Sad statement about the state of the Republican party.

You know instead of firing Shiseki they should have promoted him.

Let us remember what he warned

GEN. SHINSEKI: I would say that what's been mobilized to this point -- something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably, you know, a figure that would be required. We're talking about post-hostilities control over a piece of geography that's fairly significant, with the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to other problems. And so it takes a significant ground- force presence.

For his honesty he was retired...

Sad sad sad administration.....
JoeBigs at 12:17 PM JST - 10th September

WhiteHawk at 12:51 AM JST - 10th September We had it in Iraq too. What, you thought every single soldier was an American?

Nope we make up only 90% of the troops......