By Cal Thomas
President Obama claims to have kept his campaign promise to cease American combat operations (though not U.S. troop presence) in Iraq by the end of this month. But it's not about his keeping promises about a war and an objective he never supported. It's about whether the mission has been a success. And the answer to that question is: we don't know yet.
It will be fall at the earliest before a minimally functioning Iraqi government is formed. If the government and the country eventually collapse into chaos and terrorists overrun Iraq, effectively nullifying American and coalition efforts there, it will matter little about the president's campaign promise. More important is our promise to the Iraqi people who yearn to breathe free.
In a speech Aug. 2 to the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Atlanta, the president said that a "transitional force" of 50,000 troops would remain until the end of next year. Will this be enough to send Iraqis the message that they must get their act together and form a less than perfect union, but a union nevertheless? It could go either way, but if the Iraqis fail, the millstone of defeat will be around this president's neck and not that of President George W. Bush whom Obama continues to blame for almost every problem.
[ That’s right. “We don’t know yet”. It’s not won yet Support our troops with good leadership, supples, and appropriate rules of engagement – or get out – JS ]!
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