I hope that everyone of us can be happy and thankful these soldiers are coming back home.
there's been a positive turn for us in iraq it seems, there appears to be a genuine effort by the iraqis themselves to stop the violence, to take back their country from the jihadists who were trying to incite sunni/shia conflict.
however, the fact remains that this year saw the highest us troop casualties, and the iraqis are still not ready to take on the responsibilty of iraq security as planned when the troop surge was outlined. in fact, the news out yesterday says that there will be a continued us troop presence in iraq for close to a decade from now.
and that's not even mentioning the political impass that finds the iraqis not resolving the critical questions on how to manage the country and distribute its oil wealth.
yikes.
so, when we have finally arrived here at the end of 2007 and we get some good news from the war let's all be thankful. but at the same time let's not forget how we got here in the first place and that there are so many hurdles remaining...
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