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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe're apparently leaving Iraq
I don't even understand this world anymore
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Huh?!?
Amishman
(5,559 posts)One says we are withdrawing, the other says we are just shifting where our troops are located within the country
I do not know which is accurate
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)dweller
(23,661 posts)and check back wondering "what fresh hell?"
go to bed at nite wondering if there will be a world to wake to...
wake with relief at the light, check in here wondering
"what fresh hell?"
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eleny
(46,166 posts)"what fresh hell?" - is right.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)This is a total clusterfuck and the Commander is a moron.
herding cats
(19,567 posts)What appears to be confirmed is we're moving troops around in Iraq. Where they end up is still unclear.
I just found this article stating Iraq now only wants our combat forces out.
The military spokesman for the acting Iraqi prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, who met with the US ambassador on Monday to implement the decision, said any withdrawal would only involve combat forces and not training and logistical support for the Iraqi military, which have been core components of the US presence in Iraq in recent years.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/iraq-scales-down-threats-to-expel-us-forces-after-trump-retaliation
If the letter is to be taken literally, then some troops could be relocated to other bases in the region.
getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)Iran is a nuclear power. If he is planning a first strike, this would make sense.
Baghdad is close enough to be targeted.
Trump will probably order an attack on irans nuclear labs, storage areas and missile sites. He is dumb enough to use nukes to get the deep underground sites.