[tpunx99GSX]

yes the surge worked. but Yet 3 years and they were still Fighting a war with no time line and end was not the right thing. Obama came into office with a strict time line. He has now just met that time line, without calling mission accomplished as bush did way too early.
I hope that Iraq can come through and rebuild their country, initial estimates of dead iraqis range between 150,000 - 1.5 million. Unfortunately we may never know the true death count.
Honestly there is no reason to come down on the guy that officially ended a very unpopular war. I always will have respect for our soldiers that fought in the war.
Who can say whether McCain would have done the same thing?
As long as this sticks and the Iraqis finally do the right thing and put in a government that will unite the people and bring baddies to justice, they will be fine. We can only hope that it doesnt go the other way.