# Iraq war is over!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 21, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698 "2011-10-21T10:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/1 "2011-10-21T10:30:25Z")
All troops home by end of the year! > “As promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year. After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” Obama told reporters. [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2011/10/21/us/politics/politics-us-iraq-usa-obama.html?partner=rss&emc=rss](http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2011/10/21/us/politics/politics-us-iraq-usa-obama.html?partner=rss&emc=rss) ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/2 "2011-10-21T10:34:04Z")
Glad to see that they are sticking to it. There was some estimated reports that they would push the date back. Horray for Obama for doing something! ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/3 "2011-10-21T10:39:11Z")
:tup: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/4 "2011-10-21T10:39:25Z")
Yay for sticking to the agreement that was signed before he was even in office. > **[U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Iraq_Status_of_Forces_Agreement)** > > The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq) was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. combat forces w... But yeah, I’m glad we’re getting out of there. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/5 "2011-10-21T10:39:27Z")
Mission Accomplished! ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/6 "2011-10-21T10:39:50Z")
“Our troops are finally coming home,” he said. The President said that, after a decade of war, “ **the nation that we need to build and the nation we will rebuild, is our own.** ” Jesus Christ, I’ve been saying this for years, probably since 03 or 04. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/7 "2011-10-21T10:41:10Z")
I’ll believe it when it happens…I really hope they stick to it! We have no further business over there (not that we did in the first place). ---------- Post added at 01:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM ---------- > [@FadetoBlack](#): > > “Our troops are finally coming home,” he said. The President said that, after a decade of war, “ **the nation that we need to build and the nation we will rebuild, is our own.** ” > > Jesus Christ, I’ve been saying this for years. YES!!! ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/8 "2011-10-21T10:44:18Z")
I guess he’s seeking re-election. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/9 "2011-10-21T10:47:03Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Yay for sticking to the agreement that was signed before he was even in office. > > [U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Iraq_Status_of_Forces_Agreement) > > But yeah, I’m glad we’re getting out of there. I wouldn’t have been surprised at all if we had just contiued on with “eh, not yet” for years. Shit, remember how many times in his campaign he promised to close gitmo? ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/10 "2011-10-21T10:52:25Z")
So they are giving up searching for WMDs? Terrorist have won. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/11 "2011-10-21T10:52:49Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I wouldn’t have been surprised at all if we had just contiued on with “eh, not yet” for years. Shit, remember how many times in his campaign he promised to close gitmo? Yeah, I’m just reminding people that Obama didn’t really do anything, other than choose to do nothing and let an agreement signed by the previous administration run it’s course. When you go over to msnbc and see the headline, “President announces full pullout of US forces from Iraq” it really makes it sound like this some new policy of his. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/12 "2011-10-21T10:56:01Z")
Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/13 "2011-10-21T11:02:25Z")
Who gives a fuck how they word it or what administration it is. Friends, family and AMERICANS are leaving that god awful hell hole. Idk bout you but I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/14 "2011-10-21T11:40:29Z")
Best news I heard all decade… ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/15 "2011-10-21T11:51:18Z")
The economy is so bad that even the military is unemployed now. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalSterm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/originalsterm/32/4964_2.png) [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/16 "2011-10-21T13:32:40Z")
Finally, Obama is earning his Nobel Peace Prize! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/17 "2011-10-21T13:46:30Z")
Kadhafi-Dead, not via US Troops Bin Laden- Dead, via US Special Forces Most of al-qaida- Dead, via unmanned drones Iraq- Soon to be unoccupied by our military Funny part is foreign policy was Obama’s one suspect area coming into office and the one area where it’s pretty much universal that he’s kicking ass. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/18 "2011-10-21T13:47:41Z")
So is this the first country we’re ever going to pull completely out of? cough,germany,japan,southkorea…cough Oh and inb4country goes to shit and another sadam is in power within the next 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/19 "2011-10-21T13:49:03Z")
So we’re just leaving paid contractors in there now? No official military but how many from our paid militia? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698/20 "2011-10-21T17:07:38Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > So we’re just leaving paid contractors in there now? No official military but how many from our paid militia? Unfortunately, that is the utter truth to this. Defense spending is a huge part of the budget and donations to politicians. They won’t just walk away and put people out of work. There will be a still a ton of contractors, which is already at the highest its ever been, making a shit load of money that will be doing all the work there. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war-is-over/217698.md?page=2)