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U.S.-Led Coalition Tells Iraqi Military It Will Withdraw From Iraq Out Of Respect For The Nation's Sovereignty
Reuters via Twitter ^ | 01/06/20 | Reuters

Posted on 01/06/2020 12:56:17 PM PST by Enlightened1

U.S.-led coalition tells Iraqi military it will withdraw from Iraq out of respect for the nation's sovereignty

 

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1214275758643929089

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; deepstatesaidno; fakenews; iran; iraq; kag; maga; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; respect; sovereignty; trump; withdrawal
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To: NorseViking

Baffles how Iran and Iraq were at war for 10-tears, losing 1 million men, but now they are buddies?


81 posted on 01/06/2020 3:23:54 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Enlightened1

Fake news...leaked unsigned document that was to be used just in case. Somebody leaked it.


82 posted on 01/06/2020 3:25:18 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Theoria

Awesome. New Year and we are 2 for 2. Dead general and pull out of all troops from Iraq. Now if we can only get them out of Afghanistan.


83 posted on 01/06/2020 3:25:42 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: kingu
I’m just trying to understand what could be going on here.. Either the US is intending on leaving and drafted the letter, or they’re not, and someone drafted the letter anyway. If the latter, were they directed to do it, and if so, by whom.

I think they draw up contingencies and documents for any outcome. This was one of them. Somebody leaked it to embarrass Trump or to gum up the works.

84 posted on 01/06/2020 3:26:50 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: NorseViking

Iran already owns Iraq - Bush gifted it Iran when he overthrew Saddam.


85 posted on 01/06/2020 4:34:02 PM PST by Swarthy Greek Immigrant (NO MERCY TO TERRORISTS you dumb bastards! - Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - Apr 21, 2013)
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To: Swarthy Greek Immigrant

I think Michael Savage called it the biggest military blunder in US history.


86 posted on 01/06/2020 5:02:31 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: DouglasKC

You draw up plans, protocols, but never have I ever seen someone writing letters that MIGHT be of use some day. It’s just plainly a waste of time.


87 posted on 01/06/2020 5:14:08 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: grey_whiskers
It's mysterious that anyone was preparing such a letter, nice to know A) that they're always preparing for contingencies, and B) that there's at least one rat inside the works.

88 posted on 01/06/2020 5:31:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Phillyred
Actually the biggest US blunder was Carter not declaring war on Iran via an act of congress - justified under international law - initiating a draft and invading Iran. It would have restored the Shah in Iran, ended the Vietnam war syndrome and secured American control of the middle east for a 100 years.

I would have even made a deal with the USSR saying they can control Afghanistan - they would have fought the Islamist there and we would have fought them in Iran. No alQaeda - no US arming jihadists, the USSR would have collapsed anyway as it did no matter what. We would be living in the best of times right now.

89 posted on 01/06/2020 6:13:28 PM PST by Swarthy Greek Immigrant (NO MERCY TO TERRORISTS you dumb bastards! - Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - Apr 21, 2013)
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To: Enlightened1

Good.... and lets leave NOTHING beyond... not one round, lug nut, or tent spike. Bring everyone and EVERYTHING we brought there.


90 posted on 01/06/2020 6:49:41 PM PST by Heff
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To: Enlightened1
And then this happened:

Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a 'mistake'

91 posted on 01/06/2020 7:01:10 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Swarthy Greek Immigrant
Bush gifted Iraq to Iran when he overthrew Saddam.

Yep.

There was an ongoing war between Iraq and Iran that went on for years.

Two different factions of Islamic terrorist moslems fighting each other.

Keeping both of these evil empires busy killing each other.

If we had of just left them alone, they would have eventually destroyed each other

Skull and Bones had other ideas. One World Rule by globalist elites.

92 posted on 01/06/2020 7:09:57 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Syncro

There was ab opportunity to replace Saddam with another general that would have kept order and be allied with the USA but the Bush team wanted to so some sort of crown pleasing push for Democracy and in that part of the world people vote in ethnic blocks rather than for the best candidate - it is tribal and that means the Shia tribes won out and that means Iran. That made the Sunnis become radicalized and join al-Qaeda and ISIS, etc.


93 posted on 01/06/2020 7:49:29 PM PST by Swarthy Greek Immigrant (NO MERCY TO TERRORISTS you dumb bastards! - Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - Apr 21, 2013)
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To: Swarthy Greek Immigrant

This is my out there opinion. I think Bush 2 wanted Saddam dead after he plotted to kill Bush 1 when he went to Kuwait to pick up his cash for bailing them out.

A motivation i support more than the one he made up. At the time Iran was already a bigger threat and exporter of terrorism.


94 posted on 01/06/2020 7:53:49 PM PST by olesigh
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To: Enlightened1

Way too little actual info to be leaping to conclusions.


95 posted on 01/07/2020 3:14:27 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Enlightened1

Possible? Could be fake? Something Dan Rather typed up?


96 posted on 01/07/2020 11:11:31 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: NorseViking

Who knows, that could very well have been the plan when Bush invaded Iraq over fake WMD’s. The swamps goal was to completely destabilize the ME so the wonders if Islam could be spread via refugees and terrorists.

9-11 was such a blessing for the swamp globsters that I sometimes wonder if it wasn’t planned, with those actual terrorists flying the planes not really knowing who they were working for.


97 posted on 01/07/2020 5:48:41 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, Gotta agree with that, Carter was a disaster.


98 posted on 01/07/2020 7:12:10 PM PST by Phillyred
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