hope

For the hope blog, of coarse I had to do one about Obama! On the BBC news, they reported that Obama announces his plan for the Iraq war (finally we are doing something!) He hopes and will pull out troops. We and the Iraq people hope for a better future. He says by at least the end of 2011 we will totally be withdrawn from Iraq. All combat troops of August 2010 a lot will be gone. Some say Iraq is too dependant on us now, or time of withdraw is too short. Obama reassures people by saying, "Iraq is not yet secure, and there will be difficult days ahead." He also says that Iraq is a great country with great people. To insure the troop’s wellbeing, Obama will be pumping up the veterans' health care, as promised. Iraq will have a new US ambassador, Christopher Hill. Most Iraq people are saying they are very ready for the US to depart. Republicans say they hoped a pull out of 15000 troops but Obama hoped for a lot more, so they reached a compromise of 50000 troops pull out in August. It’s going to take awhile but we will be getting out of there. I don’t think it is best to just leave the Iraqi people hangin but we have done enough damage. It was a war for a “central and democratic government.” If that were true we could have done a better way, not just bomb the place.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7914061.stm

Donnelly, Tom. “Obama outlines Iraq pullout plan.” Politics 27 February 2009: BBC News. March 1 2009.