"...withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities by the end of June 2009 and a complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2011..."

Some people must have been napping for the past few years. That statement shows almost precisely the same timetable that George W. Bush and his military spokesmen have suggested for the last three or so years. What Obama left out was the condition the the present freely-elected government must be ready to protect itself againt insurgents, neighboring countries and terrorists.