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We’ll Always Have Baghdad

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Posted on Jun 29, 2009
U.S. Army / Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea

Iraqi national police officers hurry into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after completing an Iraqi-led operation outside eastern Baghdad.

The Iraqi capital threw a party Monday as U.S. troops began pulling out of Iraqi cities. It’s the first step in the military’s withdrawal plan, which promises to bring U.S. forces home by 2011. But it will be some time before many of the 131,000 troops return to the U.S., and there’s virtually no accounting of the thousands of private contractors and mercenaries.

BBC:

US troops are withdrawing to base in Iraq, six years after the invasion, handing control of cities and towns to Iraq’s new security forces.

Tuesday has been declared National Sovereignty Day, a public holiday, and the capital Baghdad threw a giant party on Monday evening.

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By boggs, July 1 at 12:27 am #

If we really cared about the Iraqi people we would not be leaving them with our private contractors and mercenaries. They will continue to be occupied and oppressed, but under the cover of capitalism.

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By mj, June 30 at 4:09 pm #
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godistwaddle -  If it is possible all the troops and equipment and money would come back home.  Just don’t call the “bully” if you get in a bind.  Handle your own business.

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By idarad, June 29 at 9:38 pm #

godistwaddle - I am not that optimistic the earths owner in chief will ever be persuaded by facts or action on the ground.  As with Vietnam, they will twist the facts, outcome and blame the “failure” on the weak. 

I too am hoping that Iraqis will get their homeland back, but I hope much less blood will be shed on that land.  We need to clear and clean our own house, and the principle way to do that is to bring home the invaders, wherever they be.

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By godistwaddle, June 29 at 8:41 pm #

With the storm troopers outside the cities, perhaps the Iraqis can get on with the life we interrupted in 2003.

Perhaps, too, a prolonged guerilla war with no obvious benefits to the U.S. will persuade the earth’s great bully to go away. 

We can but hope that patriotic Iraqis do not stop trying to kill their oppressors.

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