U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Craig Stevens, center, maneuvers through a cloud of dust to get into position between two other soldiers after dismounting a departing UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Stevens is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers air assaulted into the desert near Nubai, northwest of Taji, to conduct searches for possible weapons caches. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug RolesFrom Yahoo News/AFP:
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Marines will withdraw from Iraq in the spring of 2010, the commandant of the elite force said Thursday, signaling the end of a mission that once faced a fierce Sunni insurgency.
"We think that in the spring of 2010 we'll close the door and turned out the lights to Marine Corps presence in Iraq," said General James Conway in a speech at the National Press Club.
The date is in line with the schedule set by President Barack Obama, who in February ordered the withdrawal of all US combat troops from the country by the end of August 2010 with the rest of the force coming out by the end of 2011.
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My Comment: Everything will change if the situation explodes into sectarian fighting again. but I still believe that most U.S. forces will be out by next year .... the Iraqis are just fed up with war and now want to live and enjoy life.