August 31, 2010 Washington, D.C. – With President Barack Obama\’s announcement tonight of what he considers to be the end of combat operations in Iraq, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about this administration\’s approach to operations in the Iraq theater and the debt of gratitude owed to our nation\’s armed forces.
Coby Dillard: \”As a Navy veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, no one is prouder than I to see our troops return from combat. However, President Obama made his speech tonight more about the fulfillment of a campaign promise than about the brave, honorable and victorious service of our fighting men and women. It is unfortunate to see him attempt to lay claim to a victory that his brief voting record in the Senate and remarks as a presidential candidate shows he didn\’t support and whose end was negotiated by President George W. Bush — the same Bush whose policies and actions Obama routinely speaks of as \’failed.\’
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