Iraqis surround the wreckage left by a car bomb at a central market in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing more than 20 people. AFP/Getty ImagesAnalysis: US Role In Iraq Doesn't End Just Yet -- Yahoo News/AP
WASHINGTON – U.S. troops are out of Iraq's cities but not its future. Even a best-case scenario is likely to feature an American role there for years — militarily as well as diplomatically.
That does not mean a permanent large U.S. troop presence in Iraq. Under a security deal struck with the Bush administration, American forces are to be out by the end of 2011.
But it's no secret that Iraq's security forces are not fully ready to handle even a diminished insurgency on their own.
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