Six Years In, U.S. Troops Glimpse A Path Out Of Iraq

The United States plans to close its prison at Camp Bucca and turn the inmates over to the Iraqis. Jehad Nga for The New York Times

From The New York Times:

MAHMUDIYA, Iraq — As he returned to base here after a day patrolling a place once called the Triangle of Death, Capt. Landgrove T. Smith of the First Battalion, 63rd Armor, summarized the war in Iraq in a way that would once have been unthinkable.

“We’re in the endgame now,” he said.

President Obama’s plan to withdraw American forces called for the end of combat operations by August 2010, but here in Mahmudiya, as in many parts of Iraq, the war is effectively over already, the contours of an exit strategy having taken clearer shape than at any time before.

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My Comment: The New York Times is voicing what military bloggers like Michael Yon, Michael Totten, Long War Journal, and many others were saying 6 - 9 months ago. One wonders if they are up to speed in the other conflicts .... probably not.