Doug's Blog #2
Article "Bush: 5,700 troops to return home by Christmas" from http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/13/bush.speech/index.html
President Bush addressed the nation in prime time last night to announce the beginning of troop pullouts. The conditions in Iraq have improved enough since the troop surge to bring troops home. 5,700 troops would be home by Christmas and another 30,000 by next July making 15 active combat units in Iraq as opposed to 20. Sectarian violence has gone down enough that the president feels they are no longer need or there presence in causing problems. I hope that he has good information on this and that its the best possible solution. I don't want to start bringing troops home just to see violence rise again. Hopefully the Iraqi's will see this as we aren't planning anything permanent in their country and were just there to help and once they are safe we will leave them alone. But some extremist may see this as a victory and celebrate the retreat of the Americans'. We definitely don't want Iraq to turn into a Vietnam. Bush also said that whether your democrat or republican, for or against the war that all Americans should come together for this cause and support the troops. I can't agree more with that statement, people should support the troops no matter what they are just following orders it wasn't their choice to go.
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