The war in Iraq is over THOUGHTS?

President announced the end to the war in Iraq. YES we still have troops there n yes it is still as violent today as it was yesterday, but w the start of moving troops out and the declaration of its conclusion, what does it mean to u?

Guess when a war is over thats a good thing right?

I imagine that (no matter what side u r on) when its over its good.

There is way too much going on behind closed doors that anybody knows about. I would of thought that the war would of been over once Saddam was thrown from power. The continuation further increases the amount of people who believe its an oil war.
Afghanistan is the only war that has ever made sense to me. But will that war end when OSB-L is captured?
The US and ALLIED FORCES are trying to create peace in a country that isn't theirs.
It's such a huge topic that provokes so many arguments and discussions.

All the Republicans I talk to support the war. But they sure as hell won't join the forces.

It means, alot of my family memebers will be comeing home, alot of good men and women that Ive trained CQC will be home and safe, but as awesome as that is, there will be issues to pop up along this step in history, that will effect us , regardless of what country we are in, for a long time. Im flying to Israel in a few weeks, that ought to be a blast in the airports. More now than yesterday...The retraction of US troops will mean high tensions in Middle Eastern Airports. But I sure am glad our soldiers are comeing home.....and as a Conservative Republican, I would gladly go back any where my country needed me to go.

Ive been to Iraq and Afghanistan and even when its over, its not truly over. Do you believe this is a "re-election" thing or do you really believe Iraq is done?

Call me a cynic but I don't believe the US presence in Iraq is going to be gone any time soon. Declaring that the "war" is over and bringing some troops home is all well and good but it's going to take a long time to fully withdraw from the middle east, or even just from Iraq. An up side though is that the more troops that come home, the more training partners we have at our respective gyms! Troops love MMA :)

[QUOTE=JiuClaw;5301]Call me a cynic but I don't believe the US presence in Iraq is going to be gone any time soon. Declaring that the "war" is over and bringing some troops home is all well and good but it's going to take a long time to fully withdraw from the middle east, or even just from Iraq. QUOTE]

Good point....the declaration of "The war is over" doesnt really change things until we are out of Iraq, but we (in my opinion) will never be out of Iraq. We will always have a presence. Does this declaration really just make what happens in Iraq (now that the war is "over") less televised and visible to the public?

Get ready for the war on Iran.