"Anyone who took the time to cut past Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric of 'change' and bringing an 'end' to the Iraq war realized early on that the now-president-elect had a plan that boiled down to a down-sizing and rebranding of the occupation. While he emphasized his pledge to withdraw US 'combat forces' from Iraq in 16 months (which may or may not happen), he has always said that he intends to keep 'residual forces' in place for the foreseeable future.
It's an interesting choice of terms. 'Residual' is defined as 'the quantity left over at the end of a process.' This means that the forces Obama plans to leave in Iraq will remain after he has completed his 'withdrawal' plan. No matter how Obama chooses to label the forces he keeps in Iraq, the fact is, they will be occupation forces."Sunday, December 7, 2008
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