Today would have been Obama's withdrawal date from Iraq

John McCain was in support of the the Iraqi troop surge before the term "surge" even existed in relation to the conflict. A good president needs to anticipate events.

Last January, Barack Obama made this statement when he introduced the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007:

This plan would not only place a cap on the number of troops in Iraq and stop the escalation, more importantly, it would begin a phased redeployment of U.S. forces with the goal of removing all U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31, 2008.

"In a civil war where no military solution exists, this redeployment remains our best leverage to pressure the Iraqi government to achieve the political settlement between its warring factions that can slow the bloodshed and promote stability.

The situation in Iraq is dramatically better since the "surge" began.

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