Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Editorial: Which friends, Tammy?
So New Zealand says all of their troops will be out of Iraq by June 2020.
What does the US government say?
The forever wars that never end drain our spirit and drain our coffers. But they keep going.
People like Senator Tammy Duckworth argue that these wars should not end. She wants US troops to stay on the ground in Iraq for years to come.
Why?
She can't offer any honest explanation so she says we have to protect our 'friends' in Iraq. Which friends? The ones who target the Sunnis? The ones who target the Yazidis? The ones who targeted the Jews and led to all but one leaving Baghdad?
Which friends, Tammy?
The ones who oppose a free press? The ones who destroy women's rights? The ones who run secret prison and torture chambers?
Which friends, Tammy?
The US government should have pulled all US troops out a long time ago. The failure of the US government to do its job stands as an indictment against our Congress which, please remember, 12 years ago was screaming for progress, insisting that measurable progress had to take place to justify keeping US troops in Iraq.
