The United States will leave Iraq by year’s end

The New York Times reported “Mr. Obama [as saying] that as of Jan. 1, 2012, the United States and Iraq would begin ‘a normal relationship between two sovereign nations, and equal partnership based on mutual interest and mutual respect.'”

The reasons the United States invaded and occupied Iraq remain unclear.

Normal, in this case includes a massive American diplomatic-mercenary force in Iraq, the existence of which suggests the fighting in Iraq will become covert, private and under-regulated by Congress

America's Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq

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