Posted on 01/06/2020 12:25:13 PM PST by cann
The United States-led military coalition against Islamic State said on Monday that it was pulling out of Iraq and would be repositioning forces over the next few days and weeks, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
"Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement," read a letter from United States Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq.
The authenticity of the letter, which was addressed to the Iraqi defence ministry's Combined Joint Operations Baghdad, was confirmed to Reuters independently by an Iraqi military source.
"We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure," it said. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
Can Pelosi reverse course quickly enough to change her resolution into one forcing Trump to commit military assets in Iraq/Iran? Turning Pelosi into a pretzel as she tries to react to Trump.
Trump is just doing what he does best.
Depantsing two-faced mealy-mouthed politicians.
The Iraqi Parliament engaged in some virtue signaling by demanding that we leave.
Trump called their bluff by responding “OK, we’ll leave.”
Now hours of fun and entertainment will ensue as Iraqi politicians furiously try to flip-flop and walk this back.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-army-preparing-to-move-out-of-iraq-report-says/
Looks real to me.
Real or Fake news?
Obviously fake.
Mind you, it’s not a bad idea to get the heck out of Iraq and stop all the massive amounts of cash America is wasting there.
“And we can gut Iran with drone pilots operating out of Nevada.”
I’ve been waiting to see how the new Space Force would play out. Would it make us less dependent on military bases on foreign soil?
Fake news. Trump tweeted that we weren’t leaving til they paid us back for liberating them.
I have to believe these officials don't want Iran to come in and take all their bounty.
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Odd letter. I’ll take CIC Trump’s word over some letter.
Lets return to the Iran-Iraq war. Let them kill each other over and over again.
“Here Iran, it’s yours. You win.”
But none of us, nobody wants it.
Whomever wants it can have it.
I had to go see the Dem Underground reaction. It is what we expected. They do not want us to leave now.
Reuters is reporting that Chevron is pulling people from northern Iraq...
Nothing should remain. . .tanks, weaponry, airbase, etc. It should ALL be destroyed when the troops come home. This could be another sign of the end-times battles that will ensue. Getting our troops out before it happens is wise.
I would never have imagined how upside-down the world has become. The Leftists are now the war-mongers and the Right (neocons are not on the right - they are trotskyites) wants to pull the troops.
Good, not let’s get the fk out of Afghanistan!!!
If Trump cured cancer the Dems would be screaming how cancer is awesome and that heart disease kills more folks
We give foreign aid to Iraq, and can with hold some of it to yearly to pay for the air base. - Tom
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