Posted on 08/24/2023 3:58:33 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
In a significant development last month, US military convoys rolled into Iraq via the Arar crossing with Saudi Arabia. This visible display of foreign force movements saw a portion of the convoy making its way to the Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq, while the rest headed toward the US occupation base of Al-Tanf in Syria.
In July, the US Department of Defense unveiled its plan to deploy approximately 2,500 soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, stationed at the Fort Drum military base. Their mission: Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the codename for the US-led military campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
Given the fact that US troops were assumed to be gone from Iraq since last year, pro-US media and political commentators went into overdrive trying to convince a cynical Iraqi public that these new troop movements suggest a healthy development in Washington's policies toward Baghdad. But will it work?
(Excerpt) Read more at new.thecradle.co ...
heh heh heh butt head
Of the last six Presidents, only Trump was willing to refuse these foreign military escalations.
Before that, the Cold War put limits on just sending troops into Syria via Iraq... etc.
Send Mayor Peter Eater there ASAP. He thinks he's an expert on every global issue, so why not head-butting (or butt-heading)?
“In a significant development last month, US military convoys rolled into Iraq via the Arar crossing with Saudi Arabia.”
Is it a good invasion?
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