Every night over Baghdad: Roar of C-130s.Not bringing stuff in. It's the sound of America going home

[Pirate Smile]

Tweet from Liz Sly - Washington Post Foreign Correspondent

@lizsly Every night over Baghdad: the roar of C-130s. They're not bringing stuff in. It's the sound of America going home. #Iraq

https://twitter.com/#!/lizsly/status/140529073750413313

[pinto]

1. Thanks for the post and the reminder that however maddeningly slow the process is on.

I hope public opinion maintains very public support for disengagement throughout the region.

:thumbsup:

[flpoljunkie]

2. How sweet the sound!

Retweet throughout the homeland!

[theaocp]

3. This will sound like me being a hater, but

what is "home"? Is it stateside or Kuwait? Do or can we actually know? I don't trust our MIC to not propagandize, so does anyone know for sure?

[Pirate Smile]

5. "They don't want these soldiers sitting around here (Kuwait). They want them home."

U.S. military works to get troops home faster from Iraq

The U.S. military is ordering that soldiers crossing from Iraq into Kuwait be returned home at a faster rate, a move that comes as commanders work to break up a bottleneck of troops who have been pouring across the border ahead of a year-end deadline to withdraw, CNN has learned.

"The order is to have these soldiers off the ground in Kuwait as soon as possible," a military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told CNN. The official, based in Kuwait, was not authorized to speak to the media.

"They don't want these soldiers sitting around here. They want them home."
The official did not immediately know whether the military was moving up or adding flights for troops from Kuwait.
The order follows President Barack Obama's announcement last month that he would pull virtually all troops from Iraq by year's end, meeting the terms of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact that set a December 31, 2011, withdrawal deadline.

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The road home for most troops will require them to cross from Iraq, either by convoy or airplane, into Kuwait. There, they will turn in equipment before starting the journey back to the United States.
The move to rotate soldiers more quickly out of Kuwait also is aimed at placating the oil kingdom. Kuwait has long been concerned that the U.S. military not increase its footprint in the country.

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-23/middleeast/world_meast_kuwait-us-troops_1_troops-home-move-troops-kuwait?_s=PM:MIDDLEEAST

[_eh]

10. Home IS where war ISN'T

Glad to see it!

[GoCubsGo]

12. If they aren't coming back here...

...then why would the President and others be bending over backwards with their "Hire a Vet" initiatives? I just interviewed for an internship. with the federal government There are three openings, two automatically went to vets. They now get precedence over any federal and most state government job openings. As I and any other job-seeking civilian can assure you, they're coming back here.

[Pirate Smile]

4. kick

[Vattel]

6. Thanks Iraq for not agreeing to let us stay.

[Harmony Blue]

7. I will take it one step further

and thank all involved for ending this madness.

[DCBob]

8. Realty check: If McCain was President this wouldnt be happening.

And we would probably be involved in a number of other wars across the planet.

[TheWraith]

13. +1.

If anyone's imagining this would have happened with ANY Republican, they're dreaming.

[YvonneCa]

16. EXACTLY. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

11. And, thanks to the President for not twisting their arms to change their minds.

And, thanks to him for not just saying, "Screw you. We'll stay whether or not you like it." as John McCain would have done.

[jefferson_dem]

23. Republican/Teabaggers never ever give President Obama credit for anything either.

Hmmm...

[Pirate Smile]

9. kick

[tilsammans]

14. K & R, and re-tweeted . . .

. . . with happy tears in my eyes. :patriot:

[Pirate Smile]

15. kick

[KoKo]

17. Thank you "Pirate Smile" This is Great News! Our troops Coming HOME!

I did seem some article in some puke press like NYT/WaPo or Somewhere saying there was going to be a troop "Build Up" in the Persian Gulf where the Iraqi Soldiers were going...but it was ALL LIES...Lying Puke/FUCKERS...and so I know that was all disinformation...and I'm so glad to see your post!

OUR IRAQI TROOPS ARE COMING HOME! HURRAH...HURRAH...

WAR IS ALMOST OVER!

JOHN LENNON IS SINGING IN HIS GRAVE....."WAR IS OVER ....IF YOU WANT IT........WAR IS OVER...WAR IS OVER!"

THANK GOD FOR OBAMA AND C-SPAN...WITHOUT YOU IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE!

[YvonneCa]

19. And...

...Senator Kerry and VP Joe Biden. They have been persistent.

[KoKo]

20. TRUE! they are examples about how GLORIUS our American Empire truly is!

That this MAN can bring "single handed" the great DEMOCRACY TO THE WORLD...is an amazing and erotic experience!

[KoKo]

18. OOps... A Big K&R...sorry that I missed the "time" to kick without replying. eom

[WheelWalker]

21. Kick

[ellisonz]

22. 14,000 and counting.

[AtomicKitten]

24. Good news indeed. Thanks for posting this.