The United States handed over sovereignty over to Iraq two days early of the June 30th deadline. This is certainly a surprising move, but one that makes a lot of sense. It would certainly prevent insurgence activity that, most likely, would have aimed to symbolically disrupt the power transfer that would have happened otherwise on June 30th. It is certainly a win-win situation for the US and Iraq. 1. The US shows willingness to step back from power, signaling that the US does not intend to be imperalist. 2. Iraqis can hopefully see this move by the US hopefully give more backing to the efforts to restabilize Iraq.
Right now, it's all up to the Iraqi government to make things work, after the US botched so much. The best to them.
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