>Hi Dmitry.
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>I must say that I agree with all the points you made and with this one:
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>As far as the title of this thread, Obama (IMHO) deserves credit for ending the war.
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>to a point. There is a big difference between ending a war and winning a war. Let's wait and see if the way in which Obama pulls out of Iraq wastes all the money and lives that were lost during the course of the past 10 years....

To be fair, what does "winning" entail? Was there a clear-cut goal? I think we're a whole lot closer to the magical "win" (Charlie Sheen) than we were several years ago, when Obama wanted to pull us out the first time. I'm at ease with this decision, although I wouldn't have been against keeping them there longer.