Extension of the expensive and unpopular deployment of American troops to have left the United States in Iraq. Nine years after the American intervention, supporters predicted cakewalk welcome mat and Iraq to sing and fly a kite in the example of democracy to the Arab world, the u.s. is still struggling to get the job done.
Obama administration defends the military withdrawal from Iraq, after the two countries disagree over whether American troops should be given impunity. Defense Minister Leon Panetta said in an interview that aired Sunday “periodic acts of violence” in Iraq, as seen recently, is not new and that thousands of u.s. civilian who work there can be a safe haven under the protection of Iraq.