Bush to Withdraw 8,000 Troops in Iraq by February

The worst president of all time ( & he's white ) ! Not for nothing but its true !
& the next in line will have to clean up this crap that he started , how many of our troops had to die ? & for what ! ............ Lets face it ,,,,,,OIL !

i want to see our troops come home bush has only caused alot of pain for the u.s. why are they there in the first place i want my loved ones back home this war has been going on for far to long

i have a brother in Iraq and some friends there also.... m brother has come home once for the holidays and we didn't even get to spend that much time till he got drafted back out to Iraq and he said don't believe what Bush really says because they where all promised that they would be able to come home after the citys where fixed and at there satisfaction and "well him and his platoon got hurt and 7 died so what does that tell ya?"

we all must sit here and watch as our family and friends all die or get hurt i think that Bush is just lying again and i am not going to believe it until i see my brother walk out of that airport and if he isn't the one that is one of the 8,000 then well i guess bush really lied this time around as so he did in 2005......

yes i agree u j_jammer he is just trying to wrap up the votes and i still don't agree with Obama either he is just to daul and vage for me he says one thing then turns around and says another whats up with that ?

The oil isn't drying up, and Bush doesn't care what the American people think. His timeline coincides with the fact that the neocons raped, pillaged and plundered Iraq of everything.

For example, Iraq operates without import tarriffs unlike any other country in the world,
Iraq's weathiest had a complete elimination of taxes on business revenues.
Iraq's banks, bridges and water companies were sold to foreign operators.
Iraq will join the WTO.
All state owned companies are privatized
Instituted a flat tax capped at 15% on corporate and individuals who bought such companies.
Eliminated taxes on foreign grown food, to allow a flood of grain without tariffs mainly supplied by the US.
Cheap imports cause loss of jobs for Iraqi's
Iraqi trade unions are still banned.
1.5 billion dollars worth of oil disappeared because the oil is unmetered, who has it huh?
millions of dollars given to groups that never and no longer exist.
Accountants can't account for all the money spent.
Its give Bush/Cheney seats on OPEC.
Billions of cash gone to Wolfowitz, Bremer, Chalabi.

This little tidbits gleaned from Greg Palast's book Armed Madhouse. Read that book and weep people.

The real sickening thing here is now they want to go back to Afghanistan, not for nation building but I am seriously afraid its for nation plundering.

All in the name of democracy. Bullshit.

Anything to further whip up the votes in the election fever.

Guess the oil must be drying up...

Just in time for the elections Bush makes changes in deployment of troops. I agree that they probably are not coming home anytime soon. Bush and Cheney sound like they intend to go out with a big bang.

Anyone else notice the convenient timing? Bush wont even be in office... the next president will be the one making this decision. Saying, "We will withdraw 8,000 troops by February 2009" is like saying, "I won't be withdrawing any more troops while I'm president." WAKE UP SHEEPLE!

Even after this troop pullout (if it happens), we will just be right back to pre-surge numbers.

Appreciation is positive reinforcement for showing someone the 'right' way of doing something.

If you just BASH someone then they'll do whatever the hell they can within their power no matter how you feel about it.

You actually show some sort of care that reinforces good then you'll accomplish something.

Bashing Bush has worked? Where?

Suppose those that are so much smarter than he would realize that all they are doing is failing.

It's not your game and your rules....learn the rules, play the game, and make something positive happen.

But all people can do is churn the waters and drown us all in their negative mire.

J_ jammer i will be happy when i actually see our boys coming home. there has been so many times in the past that they say our boys will be coming home. and it just hasn't happened. I guess i hate the waitting game.
Peace & love to all of you

I see nothing in this article to suggest that these troops are coming home.
I'm reading redeployment elsewhere.

Y'all should be happy he's doing anything at all. Be pleased for what is and not for what ifs.

what an ass Bush is . screw bringing them home in Feb.. BRING THEM HOME NOW !!!!!!

Good news but belated - Wouldn't the deranged and delusional belief of his own 'exceptionalism' with these sorts of decisions would be hilarious if it wasn't responsible for inumerable deaths?

It's always good news to hear about plans to bring them home. I hope this isn't a political ploy. Since this will not even get us to pre-surge levels I will refrain from doing cartwheels.

Im glad some troops are coming home! I hope it means the beginning of the end.

Is bush just trying to do something that will please Americans and make up for other faults? If he's making any executive decisions right now, it should be to safely withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Other than that, I think he can really stop now.