From Chris Preble, some remarks about an American troop departure from Iraq, with sentiments that seem sound to me:
….if the Obama administration carries through on its promise to remove U.S. troops by the end of the year, the president and his national security team will have heeded the wishes of the American people, not to mention abided by their promises, and those of their predecessor.
This costly and counterproductive war – launched under false pretenses, sold to the American people as a cakewalk and an operation that would be paid for by Iraqi oil revenues – may finally, mercifully, be coming to an end…”
America’s principal commitment should be the defense of over three-hundred million citizens on this continent.
Via Cato-at-liberty.