President Barack Obama has made a final decision on taking American troops out of Iraq by then end of the year. President Obama addressed the nation, saying "Today, I can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home from Iraq at the end of this year. After nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over. Over the next two months our troops in Iraq--tens of thousands of them--will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home." The President and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, along with the Iraqi government, agreed that American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq. Ever since we invaded Iraq in 2003, the war has taken the lives of 4,478 American soldiers.
My View:
I am very glad that the U.S. troops are finally being sent home after years of fighting in the Iraqi war. So many lives have been claimed by this war and it is about time that it all ends. The war has not only affected us emotionally, but economically as well. Billions of dollars have been used up on this war and our economy has been bending under the debt we've been put under. Because so many of our dollars go towards this war, the economy has taken a great hit and many people are suffering due to lack of employment and rising inflation. I think that once this war is officially over, we'll start to see some positive changes, not just in our economy but in our nation as a whole.
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