‘Rebranding’ U.S. Combat Troops in Iraq

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‘Rebranding’ U.S. Combat Troops in Iraq

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Much fanfare was made about the so-called withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq this month, but as this Al-Jazeera report explores, we might want to read the fine print on this one—and it might have something to do with fulfilling a certain campaign promise. —KA

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By surfnow, August 31, 2010 at 9:26 am Link to this comment

Anyone who actually believes that Amerika is leaving Iraq, must also have believed that we were there in the first place to “bring democracy to the people.” The two reasons we invaded- to establish permanent bases in the region and to prevent China from gaining a foothold on the oil preserves have not changed.

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