Obama: Out of Iraq in 2010?

By Tommy Leung on 07/22/2008 in Politics

We voted in 2006 to get out of Iraq. It is the second half of 2008 and we are no closer to leaving Iraq. The Democrats’ are still trying to convince us that they will leave Iraq if you only elected one of them to the White House. None of us can predict the future but, a Democrat in the White House looks likely at this point.

Barack Obama recently visited Iraq and reports are saying that the Iraqi Prime Minister shares his view of withdrawing troops by 2010. But, there is fine print: any withdrawal plan is subject to the level of violence. As much as I care about what the Iraqi Prime Minister thinks, I care more about what Americans think. 70% of Americans are not in favor the war in Iraq. We wanted to leave in 2006; we want to leave right now.

A timetable for withdrawal based on the level of violence in an area as unstable–and made more unstable by our presence–as that region is as good as having no timetable. We need to leave now. Protect our troops from harm that can be avoided and bring them home. Obama’s withdrawal plan should be to start the day he steps foot into the White House; not in 2010 based on violence levels of a violent area.

By Tommy Leung