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The New York Times has once again opened its big mouth and let out one of our most closely guarded military secrets.

The Pentagon now has battalions of invisible troops that can be stationed in sensitive spots around the world without chafing the political sensibilities of host countries:

Iraq and the United States are close to a deal on a sensitive security agreement that Iraqi officials said on Wednesday satisfies the nation’s desire to be treated as sovereign and independent.
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The emerging agreement, officials said, gives Iraqis much of what they want — most notably the guarantee that there would no longer be foreign troops visible on their land — and leaves room for them to discreetly ask for an extended American presence should security deteriorate.

Nobody’s talking about guaranteeing troop withdrawal (which remains a hazily defined “aspirational goal”). So the guarantee that there would no longer be foreign troops visible on their land can only mean one thing.