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End Of An Era of the Day: Early this morning, the last US troop crossed the Iraqi border into Kuwait, closing the door behind him.
Literally: “The gate to #iraq is closed,” tweeted NBC News’ Richard Engel. “Soldier just told me, ‘that’s it, the war is over.’”
Approximately 100 MRAP armored vehicles with some 500 American soldiers on board made up the very last column to leave the country. The trek from their base to the border lasted five hours.
“I just can’t wait to call my wife and kids and let them know I am safe,” said Sgt. First Class Rodolfo Ruiz when the company was in sight of the border. “Hey guys, you made it,” he later announced to his soldiers, with Iraq, and the war, to their backs.
Below: A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone watches overhead as the last troops leave Iraq.
[msnbc / wired / photo: getty via nyt.]
Fucking finally.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwes5hzDUg1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
End Of An Era of the Day: Early this morning, the last US troop crossed the Iraqi border into Kuwait, closing the door behind him.
Literally: “The gate to #iraq is closed,” tweeted NBC News’ Richard Engel. “Soldier just told me, ‘that’s it, the war is over.’”
Approximately 100 MRAP armored vehicles with some 500 American soldiers on board made up the very last column to leave the country. The trek from their base to the border lasted five hours.
“I just can’t wait to call my wife and kids and let them know I am safe,” said Sgt. First Class Rodolfo Ruiz when the company was in sight of the border. “Hey guys, you made it,” he later announced to his soldiers, with Iraq, and the war, to their backs.
Below: A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone watches overhead as the last troops leave Iraq.
Fucking finally.
(Source: thedailywhat)
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guys no that’s not how war works„„ soldiers are still and always will be in iraq there’s still people in vietnam there’s...
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