Last US combat brigade leaves Iraq

[1carbine]

Notice they said"COMBAT" Which means non-combat brigades are still there.

[bagrat]

I'm surprised how many people on these boards hope for war

maybe people in general kinda just got that urge...a vet buddy of mine whos reason for joinin the marines was, i quote "i just wanted to shoot some people"

[oakranger]

maybe people in general kinda just got that urge...a vet buddy of mine whos reason for joinin the marines was, i quote "i just wanted to shoot some people"

Just wanting to and actually doing it can change you who personality.  If he is in Iraq or Afghanistan, give him a  for me.  I tried to enlist after college in the Army and Air Force but they turn me down.  I have hepatitis C. 

[bagrat]

oh he completed his tour a while back ago and has returned safely, i didnt know em before he went so i couldnt say if hes changed or not. He tells me meanwhile he is proud to be a marine he feels all he got out of it is a bunch of head problems. I didnt bother to pry an ask if he ever did it though as it is a real awkward topic to bring up.

[Plawranc]

Before long, Iran is going to invade Iraq, there is no doubts there.

[1carbine]

Before long, Iran is going to invade Iraq, there is no doubts there.

Why is that relevant to the U.S.?

[RTHolmes]

timetables for withdrawl from both iraq and afghanistan in place, so I guess that means the coalitions have succeeded in bringing stability and democracy to the region and an end to alqaeda and the terrorist threat. and all it cost was 100s of thousands of deaths and 100s of billions of $!

I think we all deserve a pat on the back

[oakranger]

timetables for withdrawl from both iraq and afghanistan in place, so I guess that means the coalitions have succeeded in bringing stability and democracy to the region and an end to alqaeda and the terrorist threat. and all it cost was 100s of thousands of deaths and 100s of billions of $!

I think we all deserve a pat on the back

Oh, it will never be over till some jerk wad uses a few nukes over there and wipe out civilization for good. 

[CAP1]

those people have been fighting for thousands of years. they were fighting before we ever got involved, and they'll be fighting when we get out.

[FiLtH]

   Seems odd that we would leave now before the Iran nuke issue is resolved. Perhaps our government thinks it will use Iraq to invade Iran.

[Maverick]

The "mission" has changed from one based on combat to one based on support of indigenous forces. There are still many combat arms troops there and more are on the way. The 3rd ACR (from Ft. Hood IIRC) is prepping to deploy now. They are certainly a "combat" unit. Don't let semantics lead you to a different conclusion.

[TOMCAT21]

the last combat brigade left Iraq(4SBCT-2ID) the remaining 50,000 troops are in a support role. Only SF units will continue to do combat ops

[Dadano]

Iraq-was-never-about-terrorism. Afghanistan yes, Iraq not so much.

As long as there is oil in the middle east we will be there; They'll hate us for being there, retaliate, and we'll justify sending more troops over.

[Raptor]

  Seems odd that we would leave now before the Iran nuke issue is resolved. Perhaps our government thinks it will use Iraq to invade Iran.

The Iran Nuke issue wasn't an issue when Iraq was the regional power and Iran thought Iraq had the potential to have Nukes. I'm not saying I wish Saddam were still in power, but just stating we create our own problems.

[Gh0stFT]

Why is that relevant to the U.S.?

oil?