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Obama ends War in Iraq that Bush started

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dmcowen674

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Obama ends War in Iraq that Bush started

P&N was started because of Iraq War.
So many threads were started by both the radicals on the right and left on the war that the Mods felt there was no choice but to start a new forum area.

Glad to see that the Messiah Obama fulfilled his promise to end Bush's false war for oil that cost America so much.

Thanks to all Military especially those lost.

Welcome home to each and every one whether they support the war or not they do their duty to the country they love.

12-17-2011

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war

For U.S. President Barack Obama, the military pullout is the fulfillment of an election promise to bring troops home from a conflict inherited from his predecessor, the most unpopular war since Vietnam and one that tainted America's standing worldwide.

The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country grappling with political uncertainty.

The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Baghdad to oust President Saddam Hussein closes with a fragile democracy still facing insurgents, sectarian tensions and the challenge of defining its place in an Arab region in turmoil.

The final column of around 100 mostly U.S. military MRAP armored vehicles carrying 500 U.S. troops trundled across the southern Iraq desert from their last base through the night and daybreak along an empty highway to the Kuwaiti border.

Honking their horns, the last batch of around 25 American military trucks and tractor trailers carrying Bradley fighting vehicles crossed the border early Sunday morning, their crews waving at fellow troops along the route.

At the height of the war, more than 170,000 U.S. troops were in Iraq at more than 500 bases. By Saturday, there were fewer than 3,000 troops, and one base - Contingency Operating Base Adder, 300 km (185 miles) south of Baghdad.

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It's about my ten year anniversary and I was definitely motivated to post by the Iraq War. It's amazing the amount public ignorance there was about the necessity for war. I guess the only good news is that many Americans learned the errors of their ways. There are some hold-outs of course but...
 
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