Not So Fast.

The article discusses the Iraq war, and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's promise to have U.S. troops out of Iraq by 2011, known as the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The author points out that military bases and U.S. troops will likely stay in Iraq and quotes U.S. General Barry McCaffrey who said that trainers and advisers would stay past 2011. He stated that the Iraqi army needed help with border control and training for the military equipment Iraqis would purchase from the U.S.