Reply #16: On NPR yesterday that interviewed an army general [View All]

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He said all they will do is to change the classification of some troops from 'combat' to some other classification. They'll still be fully armed and capable of performing combat.

He also said that the agreement with Iraq to remove all troops by a certain date can be gotten around if the troops are in a 'joint security facility' or something along those lines. That is, as long as there are some Iraqi Defense forces in the same base, that will satisfy the agreement with the Iraqi government.