Going through withdrawal: US returns six-year stockpile of weapons

By GottaLaff

"Hi. I'm the United States, and I'm a war-oholic."

"Hi, United States."

Step One in our military Twelve Step Program: First, admit you can return equipment. Withdrawal may be painful, but will eventually lead to inner, and outer, peace:

The US military is sending back equipment it has used in Iraq through Jordan and Kuwait as it tests possible exits out of the war-torn country.

The convoys that are carrying armored vehicles, weapons and other items out of Iraq, mark the Pentagon's first steps in confronting the complex logistics of transporting the huge arsenal the US military has stockpiled in Iraq over nearly six years.

The move is also part of a wider assessment, to decide what items the military can transfer, donate, sell or throw away once a full-scale withdrawal is underway, Marine Corps and Army officials told The Associated Press.

"Because they are starting to see a potential reduction of forces, they are looking to get more stuff out," Terry Moores, the deputy assistant chief of staff for logistics for Marine Corps Central Command, said on Saturday.

See you at the next meeting.