What amazed me is that it actually came as a shock to many that the US was, as of August, the only member of "Multi-National Force Iraq", as per this conversation.
Me: What classification should we use for this briefing? I know it says "releasable to Multi-National Corps-Iraq", but that really only means the US, since everyone else left.
Another officer: What do you mean? The British are still here.
Me: No, they left last month.
Officer: And the Ugandans guard the dining facility...
Me: Fuck my life...
Although there is reason for a bit of optimism: December 2009 is the first month in which no US forces have been killed in Iraq.
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What amazes me is how the US Army decides to host an event in December when the truth of the matter is that they've been a single-nation coalution for three months. What, is this a face-saving measure? Or were the conference rooms all booked until December?
"December 2009 is the first month in which no US forces have been killed in Iraq."
Because the US announced that it will soon LEAVE Iraq. I want to point to all the ridiculous conservative statements about how we couldn't announce an exit date because that would be "bad." Now that we're not going to make Iraq a 52d state, they leave us alone.
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