February 27th, 2009 // comments (0)

Obama Iraq Pullout Plans Coming

WASHINGTON — A “substantial” number of the roughly 100,000 U.S. combat troops to be pulled out of Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, will remain in the war zone through at least the end of this year to ensure national elections there go smoothly, senior Obama administration officials say.

That pacing suggests that although Obama’s promised withdrawal will start soon, it will be backloaded, with larger numbers of troops returning later in the 18-month time frame.

Though 100,000 is a substantial number by itself, even when all of these combat troops scheduled to withdrawal are yanked it will still leave around 50,000 combat troops in Iraq — no small number, to be sure. Another case of President Obama vs. Candidate Obama with the latter’s promises falling flat once again.

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