Bush to announce 8,000 troops to return from Iraq

On Monday morning president bush said that he will keep the current number of U.S. troops in Iraq until after February. Then he is planning to take 8,000 troops home. Bush will do this right before the next president is in charge of war decision making. From what it sounds president Bush is trying to do something good for a change, and do something about the war that defines his presidency. If the plan goes as planned 1,000 U.S. Marines will go home in November. On top of this an army brigade of around 3,500 to 4,000 tropps will follow as well as 3,400 support forces in February. Bush stated at the national defense university in Washington; "Here is the bottom line: While the enemy in Iraq is still dangerous, we have seized the offensive, and Iraqi forces are becomingly increasingly capable of leading and winning the fight." Out of these 8,000 troops that are returning home there are 146,000 troops in Iraq right now. So these troops coming home does not make a dent in all of the soldiers still over in Iraq. Bush stated that peoples' lives in Iraq have gotten much better since 2004 and we are moving forward. What will our military presence be like in Iraq and afghanistan after the 2008 elections? I can only hope for the best and that our country moves in the right and realistic direction.