A soldier with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division waves as he and his fellow Strykers roll across the boarder from Iraq into Kuwait in the early morning hours of August 19, 2010. The 4/2 convoyed their own vehicles out of Iraq after a year-long tour there, bringing troop levels in the country closer to the 50,000 mark. UPI/Natalie Cole/U.S. ArmyU.S. In Limbo Over Iraq Troop Presence -- Washington Post
BAGHDAD — The United States’ pleas for Iraq’s government to decide “within weeks” whether American troops should stay beyond a year-end deadline to leave will not be met, Iraqi politicians say, complicating plans for the U.S. military withdrawal.
The Iraqi politicians attributed this to a confluence of domestic issues. Political brinkmanship, popular unrest and mounting mistrust among lawmakers have conspired to make a decision on a lasting U.S. military presence politically untouchable for Iraqi politicians for months to come.
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My Comment: I suspect this decision is going to made at the last possible moment.