If you listened carefully during the campaign in 2008 he's doing exactly what he said he was going to do. Draw down in Iraq so it can become the next South Korea,...... and escalate in Afghanistan.

Should come as no suprise to anyone.

As far as fulfilling his campaign promise to leave Iraq I think the proof is there,..... he lied,...... nearly all politicians lie. Leaving a "residual" force of 50k troops isn't leaving at all. It's an occupation force and that's exactly how the people of Iraq will see it.

Iraq is a country of roughly 32,000,000. Comparitively, how would we view it or what would we do if the Chinese stationed half a million troops in the lower 48?