Remember Iraq War ? - It's Not Over

We don't hear much about the war in Iraq these days. I think a lot of Americans harbor the illusion that it is over. After all, didn't the president say we had withdrawn our combat troops from Iraq? he did say that, but he wasn't exactly telling the truth. There are still 50,000 American soldiers in Iraq.

And they are still in harm's way. In fact, at least 15 American soldiers were killed in Iraq in June of this year. That's the most killed in any month since June of 2009. With that many troops still in the country and the death toll once again rising, this is a war that's definitely not over.

The legal agreement between the puppet government in Iraq and the United States will end on the last day of this year. After that, it will be a violation of international law for United States troops to be in that country. But don't get your hopes up that it will mean the real end of that war. The U.S. government want to stay there and is currently putting pressure on the Iraqis to sign a new agreement -- and whatever the American government wants in Iraq, it usually gets.

So we can probably expect this war to continue for many more years (just like the useless war in Afghanistan). And if we do stay (which is very likely), the violence is probably going to increase. Muqtada al-Sadr has rearmed his Shiite army and says they will attack American soldiers if we are still there after the end of this year (and the size of his army is rather substantial). That means if we stay, we might have to increase the number of troops there.

It is time to start making some noise about Iraq again. We must make the president understand that it must end -- really end, with all American troops coming home.