I have a couple of theories I'm waiting to see play out. I suspect that even if we withdraw troops we have no intention of withdrawing them all. At Al Asad alone the US has sunk billions of dollars into facilities and equipment. I suspect that they plan on maintaining a base there. Or at least they planned to at one time. I really don't see a way for them to keep a base. I think they thought that everything was going to magically go their way and the Iraqi people were going to love us so much that they would grant permision for us to maintain a few bases there. Now, it's looking like we have wasted all that money on equipment that is going to be turned over to the Iraqis or whoever and possibly used against us in the future.

I'm curious what WG thinks about this.