US Out Of Iraq -- Apparently It's Going To Happen -- Or Not -- January 6, 2020

US-led coalition to leave Iraq. It will be interesting to see the details. But it does remove a land-based target. The US had already shut down its anti-ISIS mission. With that mission shut down, did the US Army on the ground in Iraq have a mission -- other than protecting itself? It would have been interesting to see the DOD PowerPoint Presentation that President Trump saw leading up to the decision.

Wouldn't that be interesting? Trump exits Iraq?

Saudi Arabia: uh-oh.

In flux: now (2:47 p.m. CT) Pentagon spokesman unable to confirm authenticity of letter said to "prepare troops to move out."

Letter: photocopy of letter at Drudge -- it does look like a forgery based on the content. [Later: apparently not a forgery, but now we're told that the "letter was a mistake." LOL. If the letter was authentic, that one-star general may be in a lot of hot water. LOL. A BG spelling out exactly the tactical plan, not particularly smart.]

Later:

SecDef: says, "no decision made." -- 3:19 p.m. CT.

The obvious question: who's in charge? This is beginning to sound like the Dallas Cowboys -- wondering who the real coach was?

Pentagon is sending six B-52s to Diego Garcia.