BAGHDAD – Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops
found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12
people and wounded dozens.
It was the first exchange of fire involving U.S. troops in Baghdad since the Aug. 31 deadline for formally ending the combat mission -- when the U.S.
mission changed from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn -- and it showed that American troops remaining in the country are still being
drawn into the fighting.
SO.
The war continues.
I wonder what the commander in chief -- who declared an end to the war last week -- will have to say about this.
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." ~~Edward Abbey
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid."
~~President Dwight Eisenhower~~
