President Obama's speech last night...

...was a lot to take in. John Judis, writing in the New Republic says:

Obama...said repeatedly that the U.S. had no designs on Afghanistan. “We have no interest in occupying your country,” he declared. I believe him, but the question is whether the Afghan people--faced with what will near 200,000 American military and civilian forces--will do so.

How credible is the president on that one? Where, besides Vietnam, have American troops ever withdrawn? It's been almost 65 years since the Allies defeated the Nazis and the U. S. still has almost 70,000 troops in Germany.