Iraq Today -- A Brief Analysis

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Walls from the 82nd Sustainment Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, fires an M-4 during a live-fire exercise in Ad-Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2006.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price

From Strategy Page:

November 18, 2008: Most Iraqi government parties and officials appear to have agreed on a new agreement for U.S. forces in the country. American troops would all move out of major cities by next June, and most would be gone from the country in three years. However, keep in mind that U.S. troops just left Bosnia, after what was supposed to be a one year visit. When they arrived in 1995, it was with the promise (from then president Bill Clinton) that they would be there for only a year. Now, thirteen years later, most are leaving. About 200 will stay behind to hunt war criminals. U.S. troops have been in South Korea for over 70 years. Before World War II, the U.S. managed to get troops out of peacekeeping missions more quickly. But since 1945, once U.S. troops go in, they never seem to completely withdraw.

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