[Global Network News] British Sky News just reported, local time On the 6th, USSecretary of Defense Mark Esper said that the US military has no plans to leaveIraq.

According to previous reports, US commander William H. Healy III unanimouslywrote to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, stating that US-led coalition forceswill withdraw from Iraq.

RT commented that the Pentagon was "in chaos" after the letter fromthe withdrawal of troops from Iraq was made public. The top U.S. militarycommander called this a "mistake" and the US Secretary of Defensesaid that "the United States has no withdrawal plan." The RoyalAir Force said that General Mark Miliband, chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff of the United States, said that the letter sent by Sealy was only a draftand that it was a "mistake" to publish the letter.

However, RT also mentioned that the Iraqi military confirmed receipt of theletter.

RT noted that the statement from the US commander contradicted previousstatements by US President Trump. Trump has tweeted that he would imposetougher sanctions on Iraq than Iran. "We had an expensive air base inIraq, and it cost billions of dollars to build it. Before I took office, wedidn't leave, and we won't leave now, unless we pay the money ... Sanctions theywill never receive will be imposed. By comparison, our sanctions on Iran lookmuch more modest. "US Secretary of State Pompeii insists that Iraqisactually" enjoy "the presence of the US military. He told FoxNews: "We believe the Iraqi people want the U.S. to continuecounter-terrorism operations there."

(Original Title: News Alert! US Secretary of Defense: US Army Has No Plan ToLeave Iraq)