Obama's Nation-Building in Iraq: Just Don't Call Them Combat Brigades

Since the US is officially supposed to be out of Iraq, you can't call a soldier a soldier any more. You call him (I guess her, too) "a U.S. serviceman entrusted with protecting the U.S. reconstruction team".

50,000 of such "servicemen entrusted ... (blah blah blah)" will remain in Iraq. For more, read this article from Army Times titled "Combat brigades in Iraq under different name".

A full-on "nation-building", as these renamed brigades will be given "specialized training that can include city management courses, civil affairs training and border patrol classes" (Army Times article linked above).

It looks Obama and his administration are ready to waste a few more billion dollars on top of what's already wasted in nation-building in Iraq. With his budget running in deficit to the tune of $1.5 trillion per year as far as eyes can see, so what if he wastes a few billion?

Aswat al-Iraq reported on August 28, 2010:

"MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: A soldier from the U.S. reconstruction team was injured by a sniper bullet while the team was touring projects in central al-Amara city on Saturday, a security source in Missan said.

"“A U.S. serviceman entrusted with protecting the U.S. reconstruction team was wounded by a sniper bullet while touring projects in al-Amara,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

"“The soldier was rushed by the team personnel for treatment and now his condition is stable,” the source added.

"The last U.S. combat soldier has left Iraq seven and half years after the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003 in accordance with the status of forces agreement (SOFA) signed between Washington and Baghdad.

"U.S. forces had withdrawn from Iraqi cities on June 30, 2009 as part of a plan for full withdrawal of combat troops by the end of this August in line with the status of forces agreement (SOFA) signed by Iraq and the United States on December 13, 2008.

"Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad."

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