Blah. On the one hand the big ole PR machine shouts that Obama is exiting Iraq in 2010. Except that he's really not.  Because he's leaving 50,000 troops there.

President Obama said Friday that U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, but his plan to leave up to 50,000 U.S. troops there through 2011 angered many congressional Democrats, while Republicans cheered.

Coming from a president who campaigned heavily on his opposition to the 2003 U.S. invasion, Obama's decision to leave behind such a large force after the troop reductions surprised supporters who shared his criticism of the war.