today, the united states officially transferred responsibilities of security over to iraqi military and police forces. from this point forward, the US will play a supporting role, with gradual troop withdrawals over the next couple of years. this is a testament to just how good conditions are and how well the troops have performed over there. iraq is now a completely sovereign democracy..... something that would have seemed impossible at the turn of the century.
the damper on the good news was when i watched president obama making a speech and talking about how great the situation in iraq is now. this coming from the same guy and from the same party that wanted complete and immediate withdrawal from iraq in 2006 after the golden mosque bombing. if obama was in charge in 2006, we would not have the favorable situation we have today. we would not have succeeded in ridding the country of insurgency or supporting the iraqi government. we would have left the militias to fend for themselves, and the situation would likely have spun out of control.
just thought i'd throw that out there.....because i know the media probably won't.
cheerio
