Military says 12,000 troops to withdraw from Iraq

My co-host and I, Alex, actually have been discussing this topic on a couple of our shows. This is very important because plenty of people (especially the parents and loved ones of soldiers who have been dying overseas) have been expressing their thoughts on why we are still in Iraq. Of course there was plenty of speculations from thinking we were there for the oil refinery, to take out Sadaam, and just to start trouble (Oh Say Can You See!!!!). But the bottom line is, it is about that time to start getting troops out and that is exactly what President Obama has begun to do. Some 12,000 troops will be pulled from Iraq over the next six months as part of a gradual troop withdrawal in the region, the U.S. military said in a statement Sunday. 4,000 British soldiers will be pulled out as well, which is part pf the plan as well. A lot of people and political scientists have compared this situation to Vietnam, which drew a lot of similarities. Again, it is just important that troops are going to be able to come home to their families and loved ones and out of Iraq for good (big shout out to my fraternity brother Derrick Isaacs, who is over in Iraq as we currently speak). Our prayers go out to all the soldiers present in Iraq, to the lost soldiers and their families, and to the innocent people in Iraq who have lost their lives to the bloodshed and chaos. God Bless.

-Aaron