On AlterNet: troop withdrawal

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Officials: Most Troops Out of Iraq By August 2010

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. February 24, 2009.

Obama makes good on another campaign promise.

Hey Obama, Don't Let Afghanistan Be Your Quagmire

Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. January 7, 2009.

Assertions by the Obama team that we can both "surge" and negotiate overlook a harsh reality. If Obama's not careful, he could make the crisis worse.

Bush Capitulates, Troop Withdrawal in 2011?

Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman. August 21, 2008.

The left won the Iraq debate. Period.

Afghanistan: The Other Illegal War

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. August 1, 2008.

The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was every bit as illegal as the invasion of Iraq. Why, then, do so many Americans see it as justifiable?

Anatomy of the Right Wing Noise Machine: Maliki and Withdrawal

dday, Hullabaloo. July 21, 2008.

The Right's reaction to Maliki's recent agreement with Obama's plan for withdrawal is a good example of what happens when things don't go their way.

Bush Administration Strong-Arms Prime Minister Maliki

Amanda, ThinkProgress. July 21, 2008.

The White House doesn't want to hear what the Iraqi leader has to say about Obama's redeployment plan.

Bush Concedes, Embraces a 'General Time Horizon' For Iraq Troop Withdrawal

Satyam, ThinkProgress. July 18, 2008.

Bush spoke today with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq.

Exhausted, Overextended Troops Ready to 'Unravel'

Bobby Muller, AlterNet. April 8, 2008.

General Petraeus calls for a pause against troop withdrawal, disregarding the fact that our military is nearly broken.

Why U.S. Troops Aren't Coming Home

Michael Schwartz, TomDispatch.com. December 5, 2007.

According to the Bush Administration, the worse things go in Iraq, the more our military is needed; and the better they go, the more our military is needed.

Glued to Our Seats in the Theater of War

Ira Chernus, TomDispatch.com. September 25, 2007.

Every war is experienced as dramatic spectacle -- the more mythic the better. It's no coincidence that the military refers to a battle zone as a "theater."