回复：奥巴马的外交策略大错特错了!

他一直说：
Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months.

军事专家认为我们可以在16个月内安全地撤出***战斗***部队。
驻伊拉克一个旅编制为4000人左右，也就是说撤6万到12万左右。奥巴马去年底说这话的时候，伊拉克还有16万军队。16个月后，至少还剩4万。

Under the Obama plan, a residual force will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda in Iraq and to protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel. He will not build permanent bases in Iraq, but will continue efforts to train and support the Iraqi security forces as long as Iraqi leaders move toward political reconciliation and away from sectarianism.

这意思很明显，还要留残余部队，以控制攻击盖达，保护外交人员和平民，培训伊拉克军队。

至于留多少，他上个礼拜说的很清楚：这正是要和将军们讨论的。