A U.S. soldier and an embassy official watch U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on television during a post-election event inside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad November 5, 2008.REUTERS/Petros Giannakouris/Pool
Troops Hope Obama Brings Them Home Responsibly -- Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Breakfast was already being served in Baghdad on Wednesday morning when Tuesday's polls closed back home, and at Forward Operating Base Prosperity all eyes were on the dining hall's giant TVs.
Someone whooped when NBC called the election, but mostly the troops sat in silence, eyeing their new commander-in-chief while eating their eggs. Soldiers said they hoped Barack Obama would fulfill his promise to bring them home quickly and responsibly.
"What soldier's going to say they don't want to go home? I have a wife and four kids. I want to go home. But one thing we all want is to make sure the friends we lost over here weren't for nothing," said Captain Ryan Morrison, from Colorado Springs.
"We have to pull out responsibly. I have the feeling he wants to do it responsibly," he said.
Obama has pledged to pull U.S. combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months of taking office, a promise that seemed bold when he first made it last year but now coincides roughly with the timetable favored by Iraq's government.
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My Comment: I am skeptical. They are going to be pulled out quickly regardless of the consequences.
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