Speaking to President Obama’s announcement of withdrawing US combat troops from Iraq within 18 months, Phyllis Bennis says, “Obama says that the combat mission will end but combat will not end. When you leave 50,000 troops on the ground in a volatile, war-like situation, there is going to be combat.”

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Non-combat combat troops

by Phyllis Bennis, The Real News Network
March 10, 2009

<h1>Non-combat combat troops</h1> <p class="byline">by Phyllis Bennis, The Real News Network <br />March 10, 2009</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnqZu27YgbQ</p> <p>Speaking to President Obama’s announcement of withdrawing US combat troops from Iraq within 18 months, Phyllis Bennis says, "Obama says that the combat mission will end but combat will not end. When you leave 50,000 troops on the ground in a volatile, war-like situation, there is going to be combat."</p> <p> Part 2 of this interview will be published shortly.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com/pbennis0203part1">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com">The Real News Network</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-TRNN-2021-logomark-square.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://therealnews.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=157847&amp;ga4=G-7LYS8R7V51" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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