“U.S.-led forces would then withdraw from all cities in the country.
After that, the country’s security situation would be reviewed every six months, for three to five years, to decide when U.S.-led troops would pull out entirely, al-Adeeb said.”
It’s amazing how much the US Dollar has depreciated. It’s almost as if the $trillion or so can’t even buy gratitude from an Arab.
Yes, we’ll encamp our troops in the godforsaken desert for 5 years in the off chance that they are needed.
GWB was right.....this victory wasn’t like the one’s of our fathers and grandfathers.
Actually, our large bases are mostly outside the cities in Iraq. So we can move troops to the large bases under this sort of agreement. You know those godfosaken desert bases with Starbucks and Burger Kings.
The MSM is trying to spin this that the Iraqis aren’t grateful and want us out.
Don’t let them fool you.
The situation will be analogous to Germany and Japan. We don’t have American troops patrolling the streets of Berlin or Tokyo.
Maliki can’t be seen as an American puppet. If he is, it’ll mean war for the next fifty years. He has to be allowed to “throw his weight around” and dictate terms.
To see how the Iraqi government really views the U.S. military, watch this clip:
Note that General Mark Hertling is very ostentatiously wearing an Iraqi flag on his shoulder.
This is to send a message to the region that the Iraqi military and the U.S. military are one, and this victory was achieved by both countries working together.
The American and Iraqi military leadership is signaling what has already happened: The U.S. and Iraq are now allies, and woe betide anybody who bothers Iraq from now on.