3,000 US Troops Secretly Return to Iraq via Kuwait

[Wehrwolfen]

3,000 US Troops Secretly Return to Iraq via Kuwait​

PressTV
December 11, 2012

Over 3,000 US troops have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait for missions pertaining to the recent developments in Syria and northern Iraq, Press TV reports.

According to our correspondent, the US troops have secretly entered Iraq in multiple stages and are mostly stationed at Balad military garrison in Salahuddin province and al-Asad air base in al-Anbar province.

Reports say the troops include US Army officers and almost 17,000 more are set to secretly return to Iraq via the same route.

All US troops left Iraq by the end of 2011, after nine years of occupation, as required by a 2008 bilateral security agreement between the two countries. The troops left Iraq for the neighboring Kuwait.

Washington decided to pull out all its troops from Iraq after Baghdad refused to grant legal immunity to the remaining US soldiers.

Washington claims that the only US military presence left in Iraq now is 157 soldiers responsible for training at the US Embassy, as well as a small contingent of marines protecting the diplomatic mission.


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[High_Gravity]

Interesting.

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Interesting.

Rather than interesting, I'd claim that Oblamer is lying to ther American people again. Was the retreat from Iraq a publicity stunt?

 

[pinqy]

It's hardly a secret now, isn't it?

 

[BlindBoo]

Were they greated as liberators with flowers and stuff?????

Or are they just part of the Administrations contingency plans if action need to be taken in Syria.

 

[High_Gravity]

Interesting.

Rather than interesting, I'd claim that Oblamer is lying to ther American people again. Was the retreat from Iraq a publicity stunt?

We didn't fully pull out anyways, we still have trainers, CIA and Special Ops in Iraq.

 

[Jarhead]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

 

[High_Gravity]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

How long should we stay though?

 

[G.T.]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

You have done the accounting on pulling them out versus not?

 

[Jarhead]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

You have done the accounting on pulling them out versus not?

They continue to get fed and paid whether on the front or not...transporting them out of the country and back in again is the additional cost.

Not rocket science.

 

[Jarhead]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

How long should we stay though?

when our military leaders determine that "returning" will not be necessary.

 

[G.T.]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

You have done the accounting on pulling them out versus not?

They continue to get fed and paid whether on the front or not...transporting them out of the country and back in again is the additional cost.

Not rocket science.

Ok, I'd like to see this cost analysis you've apparently done, and also your analysis that we left Iraq too early...

Did you assume that we left with the thought that total peace was present, and no instances of violence would occur? We didnt. did you assume we didnt know that we'd be in and out of there? We did know that.

So define leaving early, and show the cost analysis. Otherwise, ya gotta admit, you were blowing smoke.

 

[Jarhead]

You have done the accounting on pulling them out versus not?

They continue to get fed and paid whether on the front or not...transporting them out of the country and back in again is the additional cost.

Not rocket science.

Ok, I'd like to see this cost analysis you've apparently done, and also your analysis that we left Iraq too early...

Did you assume that we left with the thought that total peace was present, and no instances of violence would occur? We didnt. did you assume we didnt know that we'd be in and out of there? We did know that.

So define leaving early, and show the cost analysis. Otherwise, ya gotta admit, you were blowing smoke.

not going there with ya GT...

Simple....if we are returning, then we left too early.....logic

Accounting not necessary....you leave somewhere and you must return due to leaving too early? It will cost you money you would not have had to spend if you did not leave too early....logic again.

no analysis necessary.

 

[G.T.]

They continue to get fed and paid whether on the front or not...transporting them out of the country and back in again is the additional cost.

Not rocket science.

Ok, I'd like to see this cost analysis you've apparently done, and also your analysis that we left Iraq too early...

Did you assume that we left with the thought that total peace was present, and no instances of violence would occur? We didnt. did you assume we didnt know that we'd be in and out of there? We did know that.

So define leaving early, and show the cost analysis. Otherwise, ya gotta admit, you were blowing smoke.

not going there with ya GT...

Simple....if we are returning, then we left too early.....logic

Accounting not necessary....you leave somewhere and you must return due to leaving too early? It will cost you money you would not have had to spend if you did not leave too early....logic again.

no analysis necessary.

No, we left knowing we'd be returning on occasion, and also leaving people behind. The cost is not additional, it's anticipated.

Leaving "too early" cannot be defined, your argument holds no water. Why can it not be defined? Because violence is WAAaaaaAAAAaaay down in Iraq, but not disappeared and will NEVER disappear. Stay forever? That'd be kind of redundant.

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

Come on, don't you know money is no object to Oblamer when it's someone else's he's spending.

 

[konradv]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

You have done the accounting on pulling them out versus not?

They continue to get fed and paid whether on the front or not...transporting them out of the country and back in again is the additional cost.

Not rocket science.

There's also the human cost of keeping soldiers that have been deployed over and over again away from their families. When you're talking army preparedness and morale, the answer isn't necessarily the dollar cost.

 

[percysunshine]

How many troops can a drone carry?

I would guess one...maybe 1.25.....

 

[g5000]

Were they greated as liberators with flowers and stuff?????

Or are they just part of the Administrations contingency plans if action need to be taken in Syria.

This sounds about right.

This does not sound like anything to do with any conditions in Iraq. It sounds more like prepping for some kind of action to minimize the instability in Syria.

.

 

[Politico]

Pssst Wehr....

If it's in the news it's NOT A SECRET!

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Seems we wasted a lot of money pulling them out before we were ready to ...well.....pull them out.

Maybe Obamas critics were right? You know...the ones that said "sure, its easy to just be a hero and pull them out.....but it doesnt mean it is the smart thing to do...."

How long should we stay though?

Gee I really don't know. Is it the same as American troops in German since 1945, or Troops in Okinawa, or South Korea? Answer those questions first and perhaps you'll get your answer.