Honestly I am happy by this announcement. Assuming that the Iraqi Army is capable of defending itself which I am still unsure of. Honestly the Iraqi security forces haven't been able to stop the bombings and the attacks on minorities. Christians are still being attacked often and the secuirty forces seem either incapable of doing anything or unwilling to do anything. Also Iraq not being able to do much to stop the PKK is worrying.
To many terrorist organizations operate in Iraq for the US to completely leave. I really wish the Iraqi Government the best of luck but think it may have been in their best interest to allow a single military base to be in Iraq with at least 500 sodliers who would help Iraq's security forces continue fighting Al Qaida and PKK and such.
I just hope that Obama redeploys a lot of those forces to Afghanistan. It appears that the US is rushing to leave before the job is complete. Yes the war is going way longer then we had hoped, but if the Afghan Government isn't capable of protecting its borders and people and democratic reform is not completed then we all need to stay till the job is finished!
If western forces leave Afghanistan pre-maturely we will face the same thing again in 10 years or so. The Taliban will re-assume control over a long geurilla war. Then the Taliban will host terrorist organizations who will in turn attack targets in the western world. Afghanistan needs to be a stable self sufficient democracy before we all leave!
-JC7
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