US President-elect Obama’s statement below to left tens of thousands of American troops in Iraq should not worry Liberal or Progressive segment of American society. All US troops will be leaving Iraq willy-nilly. Iraq is not Japan nor Korea. Americans are regarded as colonisers, not liberators as some Americans believe– and are not welcomed by majority of Iraqis. Keeping troops in Iraq for a long time just will make extremist recruitment grows faster and bigger .
President-elect Obama is making clearer than ever that tens of thousands of American troops will be left behind in Iraq, even if he can make good on his campaign promise to pull all combat forces out within 16 months.
