global conflict. that is where this ends if we don t reconcile it, and i m excited to talk to the governor about it. sounds interesting, dylan. take it away. here we go. show starts right now. so this is christ mass well, the big story, war is over. good wednesday afternoon to you, i m dylan ratigan. nice to see you. note the question mark in the statement behind me. the remaining 5,500 u.s. troops in iraq are packing up. good news. ready to hand full control over to the iraqis by christmas of this year, nine years after the u.s.-led invasion but after they come home 16,000 u.s. contractors on our tax payroll and personnel will stay behind in baghdad wearing our identity and doing our work. in fact, baghdad will be the largest u.s. embassy on the planet for the united states. president obama today at ft. bragg admitting the iraq we leave behind is not perfect by his view and that success was never a guarantee. the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding and the bui