How many times is the Iraq War going to ‘end?’

U.S. Army Soldiers run to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq, March 12, 2008 (US Army / Flickr)

You can take the yellow ribbon off that old oak tree, folks. The troops are coming home! Or at least that’s the impression created by the Biden Administration’s latest announcement. The United States recently inked an agreement with the government of Iraq to formally end “combat operations” in that country. The White House put out a press release calling it a “significant evolution” in the US mission.