IS is really a tool for the US to punish government it doesn’t like. IS became active in Iraq and Syria just as the US was supposed to leave Iraq for good.
I was hoping the resistance against US troops would increase. I think what complicates the situation for the Iraqi resistance is the competing allegiances between the different sects and ethnic groups. They aren’t as united as the Afghans were in resisting US occupation and its puppet regime.
Afghanistan has peace after it was liberated from US occupation. Iraq can achieve peace the same way. I don’t understand why are you trying to threaten us with war, when US troops are already here. No one is following you home, we just demand that you leave.
There’s nothing for you to offer and we don’t want what you are selling. It is natural for any people to reject military occupation and foreign soldiers on their land. But I think either you don’t understand honor or dignity or you deny it to others out of racism and bigotry. Which confirms that the Afghans got it right; meanwhile the Iraqis by trying diplomacy are wasting their time.
I disagree. The Afghan approach worked, diplomacy doesn’t. For the sake of those who have suffered, it is an insult to allow US troops to remain in Iraq. It is an insult that they are in any Arab country to be honest, but most Arab governments ignore the will of the people.
Nonetheless, no need pushing us all closer to a nuclear world war, or even another “incursion” and punish the people of Iraq more.
Sounds like you are listing your fears. We don't share them with you. We didn't chose this fate, but liberation comes at a cost and freedom isn't free.
If the Afghans can liberate themselves from US occupation, so can the Iraqis as far as I see it.
The US spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country and still doesn't have universal healthcare. It is not unlikely that in the same manner healthcare companies are fleecing the US government, so are weapon companies.
I don’t understand why the Iraqi government doesn’t just give the militias the tacit permission to help the US out? The current government of Afghanistan showed the world how it is done.
Why is this downvoted? Isn't ArsTechnica a trusted tech news site? It is not controversial even if it has a neolib/neocon leaning -I can never tell the two apart-.
I can never understand why people would downvote someone sharing a news story.
Nikkei Asia, a Japanese business news organization, did a COVID recovery index and the US did not perform well. The results prove my claim, but anyone who experienced COVID in the US knows my claim is true.
Yemen has a long history of defeating empires: -Greeks-, Romans, Abyssinians, Persians, Ottomans, British, ... Add one more to the list.
Actually not sure about the Greeks. They knew about it, they called it Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia (Prosperous Arabia), but they couldn't conquer the Nabateans, so they probably never reached it. While the Romans did and failed.
