Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there.| Submit your comments on this article |
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| Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads for home |
| 2010-08-19 |
| Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #18 Frank G -- give him a hug from a lit'l old lady deep in the heart of Texas -- wish it could be W meeting him. Welcome home, young man -- job well done. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2010-08-20 00:08 |
| #17 Frank G -- give him a hug from a lit'l old lady deep in the heart of Texas -- wish it could be W meeting him. Welcome home, young man -- job well done. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2010-08-19 23:17 |
| #16 Bless them. All of them. Tenacity to hold war to it's end is a great Mans tool of fortitude. No greater works are there Honoring loss, than tedious Victory. War is the work of Men of Character. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-08-19 21:19 |
| #15 OIF forces: BZ. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-08-19 20:45 |
| #14 Frank - glad to hear it, and thank you and your son for your service. People like you make us proud. Best, lex |
| Posted by: lex 2010-08-19 20:44 |
| #13 You should be rightfully proud Frank. I would not wish to consider an America without men like your son. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-19 19:13 |
| #12 Glad he's coming home, Frank. I'll be glad when they all come home. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-19 19:09 |
| #11 I also want to say "thank you and God Bless" to those who served prior to my son's deployment. They and their families (several here on the Burg)paid the blood and pain price during the toughest times so that my son's year there was relatively sane. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-19 19:01 |
| #10 the troops KNOW who pushed the surge and came out victorious against all-out opposition from Obama, Harry Reid, the MFM, et al. W is still a hero to them. Our C-in-C? Not so much. Thank you for your kind comments - I'll pass them along, and yes, I am sooooo glad he's coming home |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-19 18:55 |
| #9 I'm happy for you Frank! That is great news. With regard to giving zero any credit here, the date was signed and ordered by Bush before he left office. This timeline that MSNBC drools about Zero being the peacemaker was actually Bush's timeline and zero is just following Bush's lead. With that said I am glad the guys are headed home. God bless each one. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-08-19 17:10 |
| #8 Frank G. pass on a "Thanks" to him from me and my family. we appreciate his service. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-08-19 17:08 |
| #7 I am glad for you and your son that he is coming home. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-19 16:10 |
| #6 my #1 son gets home September 10th from Mosul - going to see him arrive. Hooah! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-19 14:16 |
| #5 and Goodbye Vietnam: Merl Hazen, a couragous soldier, laid to rest today here in fly over country. May he Rest in Peace. |
| Posted by: bman 2010-08-19 14:11 |
| #4 @no mo uro - that suggests that the Gitmo closure is "well behind" Pres. Obama's deadline, right? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-08-19 13:06 |
| #3 Two weeks is "well ahead"? |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2010-08-19 07:11 |
| #2 @tipover - but will the 116th have a combat mission? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-08-19 06:02 |
| #1 Maybe the last ACTIVE Brigade but the 116th Inf Brigade (Army National Guard, OR WA ID WY MT UT) is deploying to Iraq this fall. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-08-19 00:47 |