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Perry is right about sending some troops back into Iraq with the approval of the Iraqis. We have thousands of US government contractors providing force protection for our Embassy, consulates, civilian reconstuction teams, rand NGOs. They are heavily armed and have their own air force. The State Department is running it.

The reason why we don't have any US military forces there now is that we could not reach a status of forces agreement with the Iraqis. I bet it was for lack of trying. Obama wants to bug out for political reasons, i.e., his reelection. It has nothing to do with long term US interests.