The US troops will be coming home. America is relieved.
[quote]DALLAS (Reuters) - Bring 'em home. Or send them to Afghanistan, where things are getting worse.
American public opinion is broadly on the side of President Barack Obama’s decision to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq in 18 months, leaving 50,000 troops behind for stability.
“I think it’s time to bring 'em home,” said Dallas-area dentist Andre Ellis, 46.
“We can’t afford it, that’s the bottom line. The country’s broke,” he said.
The timetable, promised by Obama during his campaign for president, marked the beginning of the end to a war that cost the United States tremendously – financially and in prestige – and defined the presidency of George W. Bush. The war has killed 4,250 U.S. soldiers since it began in March 2003.[/quote]