Have been sent to that meat grinder of War for lessons unlearned.

That image was the first thing I thought of when I clicked on this thread.

CB

The RW is already blaming Obama for this.

I suppose this means we'll be going back in. The seeds of this were sown a decade ago.

What a mess.

right after Iraq's creation after WWI. Some knew this wouldn't work- the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds will never get along.

I miss Saddam. Not a nice man, but our war against him was ridiculous. He was contained and kept order. All we needed to do was keep him in his little box.

Are they staying put?

This is when they really cash in...

Pillaging everything they can under the auspices of "who, me?"

rats willingly go down with a sinking ship.

but the fault falls directly on Pres Cheney I mean Bush and the lies that eff-uped Iraqi. GOPers are the blame for attacking Bowe B's family and him, in their eyes I guess it ok to leave soldiers behind. GOPers are the blame for the economy slow recovery (if any) and a lot of other things here in the US.

Boner blaming Pres O for Cantor's defeat as well. These MFers don't take consequences seriously and in the long run KARMA will kick their arses.

As I sit in Baghdad. This all went bad real quick. trust me.

I have feeling its gonna be either ISIS whackos or Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Baghdad fairly soon.

Seems to me that a new Iraqi government to stabilize the country never really got out of the starting gate. And if I were you I'd leave like NOW.

May your travels be safe, sir.

Its really unfortunate.. these people are trying to make Iraq a better place to live.. now all their work may be for naught.

The crisis in Iraq has prompted U.S. contractors with personnel there to evacuate them from areas near Baghdad that are increasingly in the line of fire as insurgent fighters capture more territory with the apparent end goal of seizing the Iraqi capital.

The individuals are being “temporarily relocated by their companies due to security concerns in the area,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Thursday evening. The individuals involved include U.S. citizens who are currently working under contract with Iraq’s central government in support of the Pentagon’s foreign weapons sales program.

Psaki did not mention the number of personnel affected, but it could be hundreds, if not thousands, of people. The Pentagon oversaw 6,624 contractors in Iraq in October, including 1,626 Americans, according to a quarterly report released at the time. The number plummeted to 0 as the Defense Department transferred oversight of those contracts to the Baghdad government, but it is believed that many of the individuals involved stayed in Iraq and continued their work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/06/12/u-s-companies-pulling-contractors-from-iraqi-bases-as-security-crumbles/