US combat troops will return only ifl
U.S. combat troops will return only if Iraqi forces fail.
(Updates with Obama speech made on withdrawal) Washington, Aug 22 .- The U.S. combat troops would only return to Iraq if Iraqi forces "failed completely", but it is possible that some soldiers remain in the Arab country beyond 2011, explained today the general Raymond Odierno, the U.S. commander in Iraq.
In interviews on the Sunday "Face the Nation" and "State of the Union" from, star trek online gold, CBS and CNN, respectively, Odierno did an assessment of the war in Iraq following the withdrawal of combat troops by the end month and facing the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Arab country in late 2011.
Odierno indicated that Iraqi forces would have to "fail completely" for U.S. troops to retake its combat operations in Iraq.
"We, cheap aion kinah, see this is going to happen," Odierno pointed out, who said Iraqi forces have been exerting their work "so well for so long that we overcome this issue."
This week, the Fourth Stryker Brigade Combat Team, composed of 4,000 troops, leaving Iraq in a move that many described as a symbol of the end of combat operations in Arab, fallen earth chips, countries and the role of the Army transfer the diplomatic channel, while formal change will occur on 1 September.
After the start of the Fourth Brigade, 52,000 soldiers remain in Iraq Americans, of whom nearly 2,000 will leave on August 31 to leave the 50,000 total announced for that date.
The U.S. president, Barack Obama, talking about the end of the combat mission when he returns, the 29th, your vacation "There will be a speech on Iraq next week," he told CNN a senior.
The remaining troops, leave Iraq in late 2011 in Iraq, train Iraqi forces, will make joint anti-terrorism operations and protect the civilian and military personnel.
Odierno said Iraq will be ready to take over when the last troops leave the country and insisted: "My analysis, right now, they are going to be."
The Iraqis, he added, "are moving forward, we continue to see progress in planning, in its capacity to carry out operations, we continue to see progress on the political level, economic development, and all these aspects together to create a climate began to improve security. "
However, Odierno if you can imagine a scenario in which U.S. troops' stay in Iraq beyond 2011, "but rather to technical and advisory level.
The Iraqi chief of staff, General Babikir Zibari, acknowledged that the Army was not prepared to assume all the missions and that would not be consolidated until 2020.
Asked for comment, Odierno responded: "It depends on what kind of presence we are talking about."
"If the Iraqi government asked us some kind of technical assistance in the field, systems that allow them to continue to protect, on external threats, we'd be there," he said.
He explained that the U.S. has similar agreements with Saudi Arabia and Egypt to help them develop their infrastructure and security structure, he added.
"If that's what we're talkingthen we could be there beyond 2011, "I say Odierno, who also said Iraq wants to be a" democratic country. "
"A strong democratic Iraq bring stability to the Middle East, and if we see that Iraq achieves this goal in two, three, five years from now, I think we can successfully classify our operations," in that country, he said.
Described as "good sign" that Iraq's political leaders "re-speak" on the formation of a new government, but critical to neighboring Iran to continue to hinder Iraqi progress.
Odierno said Iran "continues to finance and training to Shiite extremist groups," and Tehran "will not see that Iraq will once again be a country with a strong democracy, but rather a weak government institution that does not add more problems for Iran in the future .