Getting Out

As many of you have heard President Bush has finally announced that there will be a cut in the number of troops that the US will have in Iraq. More recently the Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced he plans on cutting that amount even lower to about 100,000 troops, as seen here. It is about time that The Pres has realized that we have far to many people occupying that country, its only a shame it took him 5 years to long to realize that.

The situation in Iraq has dragged on for so long my room mate and I were jokingly discussing why the US went into Iraq in the first place. Unfortunately I believe this is a question that many Americans would not know the answer to. The American military is stretched so thin that we simply do not have the resources to keep sending more and more people to Iraq. Senator Joseph Bidden of Delaware called Bush a "phony" when Bush said the reason that he approved the troop reduction was because of the huge progress the military has made in Iraq, he believes Bush is doing this for the sole reason that the military is stretched to thin. Either way I am just glad there won't be as many troops there.

Two of my close friends are Marines and each has gone to Iraq, one is getting ready to go for the second time and the other just got back from his second tour. After hearing their stories about their time in Iraq, it is scary to think that many people my age and even younger may not make it back to America. But I am very thankful for the job all of the military people are doing for us Americans.

So Bushman thanks for finally listening to people who know what they are talking about and making a good decision before you are out of here.