Iraqis to U.S. military: Stay on your base

[SpartanDem]

Source: Detroit Free Press

BAGHDAD — Two weeks after U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraq’s major cities, amid sporadic outbreaks of violence countrywide, Iraqi authorities aren’t asking American forces for help. Although U.S. troops are “just a radio call away,” in Baghdad and five other major urban areas, it appears the Iraqis haven’t asked even once.

In Baghdad, the Iraqis also won’t allow U.S. forces on the street, except for supply convoys.

The failure to trigger the “Onstar option” suggests that the government of Iraq and its military think they can deal with the car bombings, homemade bombs and attacks with silencer-equipped handguns that have plagued parts of the country in recent days.

As the June 30 deadline approached for withdrawing troops from major cities, U.S. military officials told their Iraqi army and national police allies that they were “just a radio call away” in case they needed American military muscle.




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[tekisui]

1. Good news.

The people of Iraq want their country, for better or worse, back.

[frog92969]

2. Nobody wants our kind of "help".

We "save" 10 people by killing them and 20 others.

[formercia]

4. The bad guys do.

Without the US bogeyman in town, their reason for being and recruiting for Jihad go up in smoke.

[frog92969]

6. Very true

Another reason we should pull out of these illegal wars completely and immediately.

[ohio2007]

3. I trust they can deal with it. Stay out of thier cities,out of their faces time

finally

[Vidar]

5. Good for the Iraqis. The only thing we do well is "collateral damage".