Withdrawl

President Obama plans to order that all U.S. combat troops be withdrawn from Iraq by August 2010, administration officials said yesterday, ending the war that defined his upstart presidential campaign three months later than he had promised.  This plan originally devised by Senator Polusi was to have all of the combat troops leaving within 16 months. It was all placed together prior to the inauguration.  That schedule, based on removing roughly one brigade a month, was predicated on commanders determining that it would not endanger U.S. troops left behind or Iraq's fragile security.

President Obama is following through with most not all of what Pelusi had set out along with many of the major players in the Democratic Party. But seemingly, there are amendments that are being made and I think that Senator John McCain should have been brought into the bi partisan administration. I truly do believe that he has many things to offer along with Senator Clinton. The withdrawal plan will be starting on of before the beginning of the new month with 20,000 to 60,000 thousand troops coming back to their homeland.  While at the same time, some are being dispatched to Afghanistan.

I had the time to do a few things today one of which was going to get a hair cut and meet up with a good friend of mine that I have known for the past the past three yeas. Wazid is his name and he came into Canada from Iraq. It took him 8 years to achieve what he set out to do. Then he brought his entire family. He had told me in previous times that we have spoken of his journey in getting out of Iraq and the long wait and hardship in obtaining the allowance to become a Canadian. He is a catholic and he speaks an English extremely well. We were talking today about the crisis in the world while I was having

my hair cut, and he knew I would get into this discussion of what he thought of the movement of troops out of Iraq and he said " Jack there is never going to be total peace there but if there can be some observance so that it does not return in being a haven for the radicals, then it's probably the best thing.” I asked him about the leader within Iran and in Afghanistan and he said that "the best thing that can be done is that all the main forces including United States should be in there as that is where they have shifted too.”  I thought to myself about what Wajid was saying while he gave me this magazine of the March edition magazine, called the "Trumpet"

I asked him if I could take a picture of him. He was more than happy to but as we were doing this - his daughter came along and started tugging at my hand and she whispered in my ear, "I want to have my picture taken with too".

 

Well, what do you say to a beautiful child as this! A precious child I would thing around the age of five if not six years old.

So I took one picture and I thought to myself despite all the economics that have come out within the stimulus plan and what we are dealing with here – where did it all start and how unfortunate that was. I think you know what I mean.

 

How many children of her age have died over the last two terms of President Bush and President Dick Cheney.   When we see someone within our own neighborhoods that have been tragically hurt it's a big thing. But here is something to really think about - how many young children have died in vain. There was another person there that picked up on our discussion and said “blame it on Bush”. Both Wazid and myself have talked on several things and we really did not get into all the finger pointing – past yadda of what was done by George and Dick, and I think that Wazid did not wish to mention on anything of this – not because he looks Iraqi, as he doesn’t. However I did make a small mention that if there is one man that will go down in history, as being one that opened up so many unfortunate things within the world it would be George. Then I thought to myself how many people when they are have their first son in these times would wish to name their new son George…Hmmm, thinking on that one. It just came to my mind.

Anyways…

I am fortunate in knowing Wazid, more so we both agreed on where the economy is at but I never mentioned to him what was on my mind as far as what has taken place over the last 8 years. But it did make me think about the women and children that were not able to get out of there and after leaving I mentioned to Wazid that he is a good man as he did something that could literally be a made into a movie.

The fortunate thing is that he has his own prosperous hair salon coupled most of all with a very good family. You could see that in the interaction of his young daughter. When I was leaving she came back to me with all smiles and asked when I would be returning. I told her that I would return when I have her favorite candy. She smiled, and he smiled we shook hands and I left and told her I would be back in three weeks.