Reply #76: Read your own article, tekisui. 250 troops will play an advisory role ONLY. Quotes ->

[ClarkUSA]

"The 2nd Brigade Combat Team will be deploying to Al-Anbar Province in western Iraq in an "advise and assist" capacity. The unit's mission is to train Iraqi Security Forces and conduct joint counterterrorism missions with them.

The U.S.-Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement says coalition troops will be out of the country by Dec. 31, but Roddenberry said the paratroopers could be gone up to a year, depending on the decisions from the Iraqi and U.S. governments."

Again, there's that word "could". Doesn't mean "will".