The president always makes promises that the people want to hear. The sad truth is the US can not pull out all at one time or it would be a blood bath for the US troops. It will take a few years to withdrawl the troops out of Iraq. That is the truth and the american people can not comphrend that it will take a long period of time and are impatent. Americans only see a very small portion of Iraq on TV and that is only what we want you to see.