all troops to be out of Iraq in janurary

[peacepipe]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1012661.html

In recent months, Washington has been discussing with Iraqi leaders the possibility of several thousand American troops remaining to continue training Iraqi security forces. A Pentagon spokesman said Saturday that no final decision has been reached about the U.S. training relationship with the Iraqi government.

But a senior Obama administration official in Washington confirmed Saturday that all American troops will leave Iraq except for about 160 active-duty soldiers attached to the U.S. Embassy

music to my ears. still,long overdue.

[ant1999e]

Originally Posted by peacepipe

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1012661.html



music to my ears. still,long overdue.

It would be awesome but I'm not holding my breath.

[Bronx33]

The insurgents officially won it was all for nothing.

[mosca]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

The insurgents officially won it was all for nothing.

no

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

The insurgents officially won it was all for nothing.

How so ?

[cutthemdown]

Has to be done because they won't give our troops immunity. It's a dangerous game Iraw playing because they may wish we had stayed.

[cutthemdown]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

The insurgents officially won it was all for nothing.

I agree sort of. It's bad to leave because it allows Iran to increase influence and the insurgents to rise up again. But without immunity for the troops i can't agree with keeping them their. No way we can let them prosecute our troops in Iraqi courts.

[peacepipe]

Originally Posted by cutthemdown

I agree sort of. It's bad to leave because it allows Iran to increase influence and the insurgents to rise up again. But without immunity for the troops i can't agree with keeping them their. No way we can let them prosecute our troops in Iraqi courts.

GWB should've thought of that before he went in.

[peacepipe]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

The insurgents officially won it was all for nothing.

BS,wether in januray,or in 10 or 20 yrs there would be insurgents. As long as any country has an occupation there will be insurgents.

[Requiem]

The idea of any of these countries having a viable functioning government (sustainable) is a pipe dream. The American Public was duped by a retarded Texan.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by peacepipe

GWB should've thought of that before he went in.

[mhgaffney]

If it sounds too good to be true -- it probably is.

The US has constructed at least a dozen large permanent military bases in Iraq. No chance we pull out BEFORE the oil is gone.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Will US Stay In Iraq To Protect Oil Interest?: Debate about Iraq exit continues as China gives US oil companies cover

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

The insurgents officially won it was all for nothing.

It was "all for nothing" before we spent 4 trillion and counting. Anyone with any with common sense knows this now. And of course, this was understood by some Americans and board members here way back when.

Bush socked American taxpayers for over 4-5 trillion dollars before it's all over.

How do you Right Wingers feel about that now?

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

It was "all for nothing" before we spent 4 trillion and counting. Anyone with any with any common sense knows this now. And of course, this was understood by some Americans and board members here way back when.

Bush socked American taxpayers for over 4-5 trillion dollars before it's all over.

How do you Right Wingers feel about that now?

Made for some great photo-ops for Dumbya. That one on the Aircraft carrier was extra-special.

[ant1999e]

Like I said, don't hold your breath.

http://news.yahoo.com/no-decision-ye...002648871.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration denied a news report on Saturday it had made a final decision to pull almost all U.S. troops out of Iraq by a year-end withdrawal deadline.
The White House and Pentagon both denied an Associated Press report citing unnamed U.S. officials saying they completely dropped the idea of possibly keeping a significant contingent in Iraq as trainers for Iraqi security forces beyond 2011.
U.S. and Iraqi officials have been negotiating the prospects for up to several thousand U.S. troops staying, but the main sticking point has been an Iraqi refusal to grant the military personnel legal immunity, as Washington has demanded.
The issue could be a deal-breaker but it is a sensitive one for Iraqis, who have seen abuses by U.S. troops and contractors through the more than eight years since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
After ending combat operations last year, the last 44,000 U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Iraq by the end of the year under the terms of a bilateral security pact.
But the Obama administration insisted no decision had been reached about the training relationship with Iraq or how many, if any, U.S. troops might stay past the December 31 deadline. The AP report said only about 160 soldiers attached to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad would stay behind.
"President Obama has repeatedly made it clear that we are committed to keeping our agreement with the Iraqi government to remove all of our troops by the end of this year," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
"At the same time we're building a comprehensive partnership with Iraq under the Strategic Framework Agreement, including a robust security relationship, and discussions with the Iraqis about the nature of that relationship are ongoing."
The Defense Department issued an almost identical statement, but spokesman George Little also said, "Suggestions that a final decision has been reached about our training relationship with the Iraqi government are wrong."
Editing by Peter Cooney
(Washington newsroom)

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Several 1000 remaining? OK, I'll go with that, considering what we spent in lives and taxpayer money to this point.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

It was "all for nothing" before we spent 4 trillion and counting. Anyone with any with common sense knows this now. And of course, this was understood by some Americans and board members here way back when.

Bush socked American taxpayers for over 4-5 trillion dollars before it's all over.

How do you Right Wingers feel about that now?

Exactly.

The invasion/occupation of Iraq was anything but "all for nothing" when the right-wing rubes on this board were cheer leading the Dim Son Misadministration.

They couldn't invent new justifications fast enough back then.