Exceptions to Iraq Deadline Are Proposed

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/world/middleeast/27withdraw.html?ref=politics

by: Rod Nordland
Published: 04/26/2009


The article "Exceptions to Iraq Deadline Are proposed," is about whether or not all American troops should leave Iraq when the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) goes into effect on June 30th, 2009. The troubled city of Mosul is still in need of further protection and is vital to the preservation of the progress we have made in Iraq. The Iraqi military and United States officials will soon meet to discuss whether this is nessecary.

"For Al Qaeda to win, they have to take Baghdad. To survive they have to hold on to Mosul," said General David Perkins. This quote from the article pretty much says it all. If we leave too soon we could jeapordize everything we've accomplished (which isn't much) so far. We don't want to leave now and have to come back later. This war needs to end now, but in the right way. I've never supported the war in Iraq, but stopping before we're 100% positive that we finished our job over there is completely foolish. The troops deserve to return home, they've earned it. But only when we know for sure that they won't have to return.