Iraq: U.S. forces should come home sooner than 2011.
WASHGTON - Since U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq s cities, two months have passed, and so has the illusion that Iraq is smoothly transitioning to a normality free of sectarian violence.
Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. troops there, blanched when The Washington Post s Greg Jaffe asked him if the war is functionally over.