If we heard it once during the campaign. we heard it a thousand times; candidate Obama promising his anti-war base that he would bring the troops home on a set timetable unlike President Bush who had an "open ended" commitment to staying in Iraq "for 100 years."Funny how things look a little different once you're sitting in the Big Chair, eh Mr. President?Of course, everyone not a rabid anti-war nutcase told him at the time that it was stupid and dangerous to make such a commitment. And then candidate Obama started to hedge a bit by saying he would "listen to the generals on the ground" - unlike that stupid Bush who never did. The base swallowed hard at that one but continued to believe that Obama would fulfill his promise of getting US combat troops out of Iraq in 16 months.It now appears that while it will be safe for American troops to leave most of Iraq's urban areas (no thanks to Obama who opposed the military action that made that possible),...(Read Full Post)