With the current rhetoric coming out of the White House I don't think there is anyway that the troops will be home in the near future. Hurricane Katrina was likely the best push for an early withdrawl.
Sorry that he is currently the person who some people deem President of your country.
I saw the post over here and felt kinda sad...anyways, I'm sure that the teleporters are in the works, ok? And if not, they're probably working on faster jets.