President Obama is gave a speech today to call people’s attention to the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, on schedule on August 31st.
Here’s one response already written in the comments section of the post by one of our most prolific TPM commenters ‘Destor‘:
But he did it, just like he said he would. So even though I think a 50,000 troop presence is 50,000 too many, I respect that it was part of his plan, that he informed the public about it and saw to it that he was able to keep his word despite the complexities involved. I’m happy about that and Obama’s competence and ability to do what he says is pretty impressive after 8 years of a blundering White House.
