The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more than eight years of U.S. involvement in the Iraq war, despite ongoing concerns about its security forces and the potential for instability.[usatoday.com]

If we actually do this, I believe it will go a long ways toward convincing the 'good' folks over there (if there are any, and it stands to reason that there are) that we really do intend to liberate and then leave ...