Obama Keeps Another 2008 Campaign Promise

[Nbadan]

The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more than eight years of US involvement in the Iraq war, despite concerns about its security forces and the potential for instability.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/16/article-2049701-0E63236D00000578-342_468x535.jpg


...a senior Obama administration official in Washington confirmed Saturday that all American troops will leave Iraq except for about 160 active-duty soldiers attached to the U.S. Embassy.

A senior U.S. military official confirmed the departure" to the AP.... "Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue."

Link (http://tinyurl.com/presidentobamaendediraqwar)

I really think Obama has kept more campaign promises than any other President in modern times.....

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

What was the original promise exactly. Maybe it was my fault, but when I voted for Obama, I didn't think I was voting for someone who would still have troops in Iraq in 2012.

[boutons_deux]

dubya agreed to pull everybody out by end of 2011.

U.S. military denies decision to quit Iraq after 2011

The Pentagon denied reports Saturday that the US military has given up on plans to keep several thousand troops in Iraq after a year-end deadline, saying talks with Baghdad were still underway.

US and Iraq officials have been negotiating a possible American military training mission of about 4,000 troops after 2011, but a dispute over legal protections for the US forces has jeopardized the security agreement.

The Associated Press, citing unnamed officials, reported that Washington had abandoned the plan for a contingent of several thousand troops and instead would have only a small team of 160 attached to the embassy in Baghdad.

In a statement to reporters, Pentagon press secretary George Little denied the negotiations had collapsed, saying the Obama administration had not made any decisions on a future mission.

“Suggestions that a final decision has been reached about our training relationship with the Iraqi government are wrong. Those discussions are ongoing,” Little said.

The United States wanted to build a “robust security relationship” with Iraq and the talks with Baghdad were focused on the “nature of that relationship,” he added.

Recent comments from Iraqi and US leaders have exposed a rift over legal protections for American troops, with US officials insisting their soldiers must be shielded from Iraqi prosecutions.

But Iraqi political party leaders have indicated they are not prepared to grant such legal safeguards.

All remaining 41,000 US troops in Iraq must withdraw by the end of the year under a bilateral security accord, which remains in force if no post-2011 deal is agreed.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/16/u-s-military-denies-decision-to-quit-iraq-after-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

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The Iraqi parliament is out until 20 November, leaving only 5 weeks to do and approve a deal. It sounds like no Iraqis want immunity for US troops and contractors.

Has anybody heard of any massive US exodus of troops or equipment?

[ducks]

dude promised change and we got change
he evenadbits doing nothing would have been better then what he did

[lefty]

He is that nigga

[SnakeBoy]

I really think Obama has kept more campaign promises than any other President in modern times.....

I don't recall him promising to follow Bush's withdrawal plan during the campaign.

[Winehole23]

The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more than eight years of US involvement in the Iraq war...Mission switches to State, security will be shift to US contractors. US involvement in Iraq is nowhere near over.

[boutons_deux]

the MIC includes both the DoD and DoState, plus all the contractors and supplier.

Adding that up, UCA spends over $1.5T/year on maintaining/defending/expanding its empire, making the world safe for BigOil and other corporations.

[Yonivore]

Agreement
Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq
On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of
Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Ira (http://usiraq.procon.org/sourcefiles/SOFA-11-19-08.pdf)

The timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops in Iraq was decided during the Bush administration with the signing of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by U.S. and Iraq officials on Nov. 16, 2008. The Iraqi parliament signed SOFA on Nov. 27, 2008.

The agreement, which had been in negotiations since 2007, set a timetable calling for most U.S. troops to leave Iraqi towns and cities by June 30, 2009, with about 50,000 troops left in place until the final withdrawal of all U.S. military forces by Dec. 31, 2011.

Just another example of Obama taking credit for a Bush accomplishment.

So, how's that Gitmo closing going?

[hater]

He is that nigga

http://topnews.in/usa/files/obama.barack.jpg

[Nbadan]

Agreement
Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq
On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of
Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Ira (http://usiraq.procon.org/sourcefiles/SOFA-11-19-08.pdf)

The timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops in Iraq was decided during the Bush administration with the signing of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by U.S. and Iraq officials on Nov. 16, 2008. The Iraqi parliament signed SOFA on Nov. 27, 2008.

The agreement, which had been in negotiations since 2007, set a timetable calling for most U.S. troops to leave Iraqi towns and cities by June 30, 2009, with about 50,000 troops left in place until the final withdrawal of all U.S. military forces by Dec. 31, 2011.

Just another example of Obama taking credit for a Bush accomplishment.

So, how's that Gitmo closing going?

:rolleyes

Yeah, if Bush and the Neocons were still in control we'd be leaving Iraq - your an idiot....

[Nbadan]

funny how wing-nuts are selling the One-term President talking point, but Obama is looking like anything but a one term President...


President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign on Monday announced it had reached 1 million donors.

TPM (http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/1215)

[Nbadan]

bitches

[Nbadan]

GOP Pledge-O-Meter Scorecard

Promise Kept 9

Compromise 1

Promise Broken 1

Stalled 5

In the Works 14

Not yet rated 27


and Obama's truthful tracking

The Obameter Scorecard


Promise Kept 150

Compromise 44

Promise Broken 52

Stalled 69

In the Works 191

Not yet rated 2

Politifact (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/)

show me a better record of truthiness

Pretty obvious who the liars and scare-mongers are out there

[DarrinS]

And Obama's economic recovery is dovetailing nicely with the Occupy movement.

[DarrinS]

The best thing Obama has going for him is the current state of the GOP.

[CosmicCowboy]

NBADan you crack me up. Do you have a king of spades tattoo on your ankle?