Eight tough years

The eight terrible years of the failed Bush administration has finally broken the finishing line. America's first black president, since legendary great traveller Columbus first discovered the continent, Barack Hussein Obama, has finally taken office on January 20th of 2009. It not only signifies an end to a presidential administration, but also an end to all the almost or certainly useless policies implemented by George W. Bush, who almost got hit in the face by two flying cowboy boots during a recent conference in Iraq. One example of his toilet policies was to send his 'friends' of the US army on a trip to the Middle East, whereby they were stationed in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.

Just a few words, this saw no benefits to both parties.

The plan for the troops to be rooted in these countries was hatched after four air carriers catastrophically crashed into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the famous 911 incident.

In relation to the Mumbai terrorist attacks by Pakistani militants on its famous landmarks, we can clearly see how 'successful' the plan was. Code name Kids Next Door can come up with a better one. Not only have the troops been unable to prevent any further tragedies, more of them have sprouted.

The recent Gaza War in the Middle East is another example.

Luckily for now, Iraq has shown that it has been able to take full control of its own security, administrations and policies, thus allowing them probably to become independent once again. The Iraqi government hopes to chase the American forces out of their grounds. However, it still relies on votes to decide if the army would never set foot in their country ever again. If votes agree, the US troops would be withdrawn within a schedule of three years. If votes fail, troops would be allowed to stay till the summer of 2010, but president Obama has the complete decision of whether to withdraw the troops at any point of time.