Originally Posted by ottopilot

Just some FYI regarding the "last combat forces" exiting the Iraqi theater...

The US has been simultaneously deploying substantial "training" forces back to Iraq which include full armor battalions, expeditionary forces, special ops, infantry and more. Switching "combat troops" with "training forces" is simply an unfortunate bait-and-switch (hope-and-change?) to appease the President's hacked off base before the November mid-terms. Sorry to say, but we are in Iraq for the long-run.