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Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat
Posted by SMAZ on Wed Aug 25 18:24:54 2010 edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer Erica Werner, VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. – President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and also visit troops at Fort Bliss in Texas on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced the dual commemoration in a statement and Twitter post on Wednesday. The speech with mark only Obama's second address from the Oval Office. He first spoke from the presidential office on June 15 to address the nation about the gulf oil spill. Meanwhile, Fort Bliss is a symbolic military venue. The sprawling Army base in El Paso, Texas, has fielded numerous units to Iraq. Last week, some 600 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat team returned there in two groups after their latest tours. Obama promised in 2009 to end the formal combat mission by Aug. 31, and earlier this week the White House said the number of U.S. troops staged in Iraq had fallen below 50,000. Iraq is scheduled to assume security for its own territory after next Tuesday, with the U.S. falling into an advisory and backup role. U.S.-led forces attacked Iraq in March 2003. More than 4,400 U.S. troops have subsequently died in the fighting.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Wed Aug 25 18:27:34 2010, in response to Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat, posted by SMAZ on Wed Aug 25 18:24:54 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d This is something he can actually blame on Bush.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat
Posted by GP38/R42 Chris* on Wed Aug 25 21:43:56 2010, in response to Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat, posted by SMAZ on Wed Aug 25 18:24:54 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d LOL, yes, and try and take credit for the success of the war, and the surge that won it, when in 2007, he was on the frontline in Congress saying how it was a bad idea to put in the surge.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat
Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Aug 26 00:58:55 2010, in response to Re: Obama to Address Nation to Mark End of Iraq Combat, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Aug 25 21:43:56 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Won what? There was never anything to win unless you are a defense contractor or some other crony. Starting a foreign civil war and subsequently somewhat containing it is a "war victory"? Which war are you talking about that we "won"? 4500 people that are America's cream of the crop died in vain. Iran thanks the American taxpayer. Let's go invade Paraguay for no reason, precipitate a civil war, bring that civil war under a modicum of control, give it to Chavez and then let's declare victory. Why stop at Iraq?
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