Last Convoy Out Of Iraq Today

Otis,
The good ones will wind up working as mercenaries for the State Department. But I think Obama would be stupid to reduce the number of military personnel in this bad economy. A bonus army could take over the OWS

Let's take the analysis a step further. What is the mean salary of US Department of State (hereafter referred to as the DoS) personnel deployed to Iraq? Just off the top of my head I'm guessing that DoS employees make a fair amount more than most DoD personnel. The DoS's mission in Iraq is to aide the current government in restoring the infrastructure in Iraq and assisting US and Iraqi businesses with forming partnerships and joint business ventures.

What else goes on at a US Embassy and why are there so many DoS personnel and contractors traveling all over Iraq? Maybe it has something to do with this:

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Well... this is working out...

Baghdad explosions kill at least 63 in first major violence since U.S. departure

GHDAD — More than a dozen explosions in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 63 people — the first major violence in Iraq since the U.S. completed its troop pullout.

At least 194 people were reported injured in the two-hour spate of bombings, said officials at the Ministry of Interior, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

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A wave of bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 57 people and injuring nearly 200 in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The bloodbath comes just days after American forces left the country. (Dec. 22)
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Images of a war and its toll: The eight-year U.S. military operation in Iraq, now winding down with the withdrawal of the last U.S. forces, produced these enduring images.

The violence comes just days after the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, and in the midst of an ongoing governmental emergency in which sectarian rifts and ethnic tension threaten to rip apart the country’s fragile ruling coalition.

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Hey... it's their problem. Right?

It is their problem, thier military needs to step up now. They wanted us out, we are out. We do have troops still over there in the region, I am waiting to see how long before we go back, with a new SOFA

navycpo7 wrote: It is their problem, thier military needs to step up now. They wanted us out, we are out. We do have troops still over there in the region, I am waiting to see how long before we go back, with a new SOFA

And they are going to get what they want...

Iraq’s vice president accuses Iran of being involved in his arrest warrant

Iraq’s vice president says that Iran is “definitely” behind Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s move to jail him on terror charges, saying it is “not a coincidence” that his arrest warrant was announced the day after the last U.S. troops left Iraq.

“Definitely Iran was involved,” Tariq al-Hashemi told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview, speaking by phone late Wednesday from a Kurdish town in northern Iraq. “My dear friend, they have … staff now in the government and in the parliament. They are representing Iran.”

Mr. al-Hashemi said he has been a consistent critic of the “intervention of Iran in every respect of my country.”

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Another satellite state of Iran coming your way.

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navycpo7 wrote: It is their problem, thier military needs to step up now. They wanted us out, we are out. We do have troops still over there in the region, I am waiting to see how long before we go back, with a new SOFA

And they are going to get what they want...

Iraq’s vice president accuses Iran of being involved in his arrest warrant

Iraq’s vice president says that Iran is “definitely” behind Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s move to jail him on terror charges, saying it is “not a coincidence” that his arrest warrant was announced the day after the last U.S. troops left Iraq.

“Definitely Iran was involved,” Tariq al-Hashemi told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview, speaking by phone late Wednesday from a Kurdish town in northern Iraq. “My dear friend, they have … staff now in the government and in the parliament. They are representing Iran.”

Mr. al-Hashemi said he has been a consistent critic of the “intervention of Iran in every respect of my country.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... estrating/

Another satellite state of Iran coming your way.

That is a very good possibility, and if it does happen, think of the impact that will have on the Gulf region. Then there is this tiny country called Kuwait, with a whole bunch of US Forces sitting there.