Monday, July 13, 2020

Editorial: Still no plan

Last week, we wondered "Editorial: What are the goals?"  There are no goals.  There is no plan to withdraw all US troops from Iraq.  Last Thursday, Ellen Mitchell (THE HILL) reported:

The top U.S. general in the Middle East predicts that a small amount of U.S. troops will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future.
“I believe that going forward, they’re going to want us to be with them,” U.S. Central Command head Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told reporters Tuesday after he met with Iraq’s new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, according to The Associated Press.
“I don’t sense there’s a mood right now for us to depart precipitously. And I’m pretty confident of that.”

When does it end, when does the Iraq War end, when are US troops not in Iraq?

Last week, a US military convoy was attacked.  Iranian journalist Habib Abdolhossein Tweeted:





Some unconfirmed reports suggest at least 3 people (most probably #Americans) have been killed in alleged attack on #US military logistics convoy in Al Diwaniya south of Baghdad. An #Iraqi militant group has claimed responsibility, saying roadside bomb hit the convoy.
2:47 PM · Jul 11, 2020




When do US troops get to come home?

When does the US government stop using them to prop up a government that doesn't really exist?

There is no plan in place.  17 years later and there's still no plan.

The US government was happy to lie the country into war and it was happy to rush to war.  But it's not eager to plan how to extract the country from this never-ending war.














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