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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
A guy with a uniform, flag patch, and a gun is a soldier. You can call him a "fighting soldier" or a "transitional soldier". It's semantics to satisfy his base. When there are still 50,000 guys with uniforms, flag patches, and guns then you are still occupying in my book.
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The president says that by the end of the month more than 90,000 troops will have come home from Iraq since he took office.
"As agreed to with the Iraqi government, we will maintain a transitional force until we remove all our troops from Iraq by the end of next year," Obama said of the 50,000 transitional force that will remain, "During this period, our forces will have a focused mission-supporting and training Iraqi forces, partnering with Iraqis in counterterrorism missions, and protecting our civilian and military efforts."
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Obama On The Iraq Drawdown: 'As Promised and On Schedule' - Political Punch
This still says a drawdown is happening, that things are going as promised, and that operations are still set to end at the end of next year.
Is any of this a surprise?
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