Officials: Most troops out of Iraq in 18 months

I was talking with a friend the other day about the war in Iraq, and i was shocked to find at how little he understood of war and the political process involved. i guess having the amazing history teachers i had growing up i was fortunate enough to comprehend the bulk of what i have been hearing. Obama plans to start removing troops as early as this week in order to enact his new exit strategy. the exit strategy calls for leaving a large contingent of troops behind, between 30,000 and 50,000 troops, to advise and train Iraqi security forces and to protect U.S. interests.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_go_pr_wh/iraq_withdrawal

the thing that makes me slightly angry about this is that Obama won enormous amounts of support by pledging to have troops out 16 months after elected but this new plan of his would put that schedule 3 months behind. so unless he can do some serious catching up i still feel cheated. but i guess that is the nature of politics.