President Obama acted differently from other President's this morning. This strange behavior was the President of the United States actually keeping his campaign promise and ending the hideous, endless, horrible war in Iraq. By August, 2010, combat operations by American military personnel will come to an end. This is what he said:

"As a candidate for President, I made clear my support for a timeline of 16 months to carry out this drawdown, while pledging to consult closely with our military commanders upon taking office to ensure that we preserve the gains we’ve made and protect our troops. Those consultations are now complete, and I have chosen a timeline that will remove our combat brigades over the next 18 months.

Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end...

Through this period of transition, we will carry out further redeployments. And under the Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government, I intend to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. We will complete this transition to Iraqi responsibility, and we will bring our troops home with the honor that they have earned."

Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel. This nations owes this President a huge enthusiastic "Thank You, Mr. President".