Jubilation And Skepticism For The Last U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq

FINAL FLIGHT
U.S. Air Force airmen prepare to take-off on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011, signaling the end of Operation New Dawn. The airmen were part of the last troops to leave Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo

Iraq War Ends: What It Was Like On The Last US Flight Out -- Christian Science Monitor

The last military flight of the Iraq war left the country Saturday night. For many of the jubilant troops aboard the C-17, the Iraq war had come full circle, and it was time to go home.

On the US military’s last plane out of Iraq Saturday night, troops on board are in a festive, if slightly skeptical mood.

The Air Force crew manning the C-17 cargo plane has been told on previous missions that theirs will be the final flight out of the country in which America waged war for 8-1/2 years.

“They’ve said it was the last flight to us three or four times,” says Staff Sgt. Kristi Benton, reading a Dean Koonz novel.

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My Comment: So .... the last U.S. troops are now out of Iraq. What is my take .... good riddance and I can only hope that we will not be back next year or in twenty years.