Obama's Iraq deception

Great spin. You tell the country that you're going to pull the troops out, but then as you diminish the number of troops by a small amount, you increase the number of private contractors by a greater amount, thus escelating U.S. presence while giving the opposite impression of bringing the troops home. Brilliant propaganda. There's your hope and change.

[I also should add that the announcement this June that Iraq has become "sovereign" is just as absurd as Bush's "mission accomplished" claim.]