The Other Timeline In Iraq

Joel Wing explains the diplomatic withdrawal:

The U.S. currently has a series of branch embassy offices throughoutIraq that would be closed down by 2014. The State Department is alsodue to take over the police training program in Iraq from the military,and that too will come to end in 3-5 years. The 16 ProvincialReconstruction Teams (PRTs) would also be consolidated into threeoffices and two consulates, before being phased out as well. After fiveyears then, the U.S. diplomatic presence in...