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US President Barack Obama set date for the end of US combat operations in Iraq
Barack Obama announces the end of the Iraq war before troops at Fort Lejeune, North Carolina. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Barack Obama announces the end of the Iraq war before troops at Fort Lejeune, North Carolina. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Is Barack Obama ending the war too soon or too late?

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Barack Obama announced today the US will end combat operations in Iraq on August 31, 2010.

Over 90,000 US troops are set to leave Iraq over the span of 18 months but up to 50,000 will remain in the country for training purposes.

Is Obama's deadline for troop withdrawal too early or too late?

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Update - Responses from Twitter users

andrewkfromaz

Iraq war "end date" too inflexible, idealistic. ofc no one will hold him to it; by then we'll care abt somthng else

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