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IRAQ DIDN’T WANT U.S. TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY ANYWAYS
October 25 2011
Baghdad, Iraq – It’s over, well it will be soon. More than twenty years after tensions between the United States and Iraq began there will no longer be any military relationship come the end of this year. Last week President Obama announced that all troops will be pulled from the country by the end of 2011, ending two decades of military involvement in the country.
That involvement has of course radically transformed the country. Two wars, a deposed dictator, and thousands and thousands of deaths later Iraq is a much different country today than it was when the might United States decided to pay attention. Now the country will have to survive on its own and the people and the government are just fine with that. See, they didn’t want the U.S. there anyway, seriously, like it was totally their idea to not have U.S. forces in the country anymore.
“We are very grateful for what the United States has done in our country. They have freed us from an oppressive regime and allowed the people here to live a life that many thought impossible and that simply could not have happened without aid from the United States,” said an Iraqi government spokesperson. “We also understand the decision that they made to leave and we are perfectly fine with that. We no longer require them and in many ways we simply don’t want them here anymore. They have done what they came to do and now it is time for them to leave and we are perfectly fine with that. In fact we prefer it.”
The U.S. had considered leaving a handful of troops in the country but negotiations with the Iraqi government fell through.
It is not believed likely that the Iraqi government will hold any type of going away event once the final troops depart.
“It makes a lot of sense to pull the troops despite recommendations by more than a few commanders that they stick around. The war is over, Iraq is fairly stable and they have their own forces to deal with things. It’s about time that they stand on their own two feet all by themselves after all these years,” said Scrape TV International analyst Gustav Hander. “Iraq is better off now than they were eight years ago, there is no doubt of that, and no matter what the Iraqi people say that couldn’t have happened without U.S. involvement in the country. It’s a hard thing to admit, that you needed help, but they did and they go it.”
Currently 43,000 U.S. troops are still in Iraq.
“There just comes a time when things have to split, sometimes, and people need to 
stand up for themselves whether they are successful or not. This is that time for Iraq now and they will pass or they will fail on their own,” continued Hander. “Still, there is no reason to get snotty about it. Sure Americans want to go home and sure that’s got to hurt the Iraqis just a little bit, but there is absolutely no reason to get so upset and snotty about things. They knew this day was coming eventually and they should just try to take it with some grace and acceptance. Not everyone gets help from the United States, not this kind of help, so they should be grateful for what they have had.”
Iraq government officials are not helping the U.S. pack up its gear and haven’t even spoken to them since the announcement.
Emil Uliya, International Correspondent
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